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Minimalism vs Essentialism - What's the difference?

minimalism | essentialism |

As nouns the difference between minimalism and essentialism

is that minimalism is (arts) a style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form while essentialism is (philosophy) the view that objects have properties that are essential to them.

minimalism

English

(wikipedia minimalism)

Noun

  • (arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form.
  • (music) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.

    • Related terms

    * minimalist English words suffixed with -ism

    essentialism

    English

    (wikipedia essentialism)

    Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * essentialist