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Minimalistic is not a word. Minimalist is. 3

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Posted on October 20, 2008 by Malcolm Coles

There is no such word as minimalistic. The word is minimalist. Don't believe me? Try this dictionary. 

There's something a bit ironic about people misusing minimalist by making it longer than necessary ... Although as there are 1.7 million uses of minimalistic on the internet, perhaps ironic doesn't quite cover it.

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3 Responses to “Minimalistic is not a word. Minimalist is.”

  1. Pink says:
    November 20, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    I personally prefer minimalistastic. It means fantastically sparse.

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  2. Malcolm Coles says:
    November 20, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    Erm, it doesn't. See point above out it not being a word.

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  3. Pink says:
    December 5, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    I know it's not a real word. It's fun making them up though.

    Reply

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