MINIMISM Synonyms

• the system of production and distribution and consumption

• the efficient use of resources

• frugality in the expenditure of money or resources

• an act of economizing; reduction in cost

• the ratio of the output to the input of any system

• skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort

• prudence in avoiding waste

• an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

• quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

• a change for the better

• the trait of avoiding excesses

• the action of lessening in severity or intensity

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

• discipline in personal and social activities

• the state of being physically constrained

• a rule or condition that limits freedom

• lack of ornamentation

• a device that retards something's motion

• the quality of being simple or uncompounded

• a lack of penetration or subtlety

• absence of affectation or pretense

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• lack of ornamentation

• the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

• The view that objects have properties that are essential to them.

• The view that all members of certain groups of people (such as those with the same race, gender, age, or sexual orientation) have common, essential traits inherent to the defining feature of the group; behavior or statement(s) that reflect such a view.

• The doctrine that there are certain traditional concepts, values, and skills that are essential to society and should be taught to all students.

• A lifestyle that seeks to minimize nonessentials in order to focus on what is important.

• The theory that human beings are by nature (i.e. essentially) good and that evil is the product of society.