maximism noun3 •The tendency to maximize the application of a particular approach or to strive for maximum acquisition of a particular resource; extremism.It goes with fondness for moralising over life– an ethical maximism that belongs to the age. — 1906 •A tendency toward excess and extravagance.After the minimalism of the past, fashion is witnessing a peaking of maximism. — 2005 •A belief that religious observances should be applied as widely as possible.[…] theologians were puzzled by Newman's apparent combination of liberalism and ultramontanism, of maximism and minimism. — 1912
