Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index M maximalist: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: max•i•mal•ist Pronunciation: (mak'su-mu-list), [key] — n. a person who favors a radical and immediate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or the completion of a program. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. maximal ideal Maxim gun ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: centrifugal Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language