intimist

1 of 2

noun

in·​ti·​mist

-mə̇st

plural -s

often capitalized

: an intimist painter

intimist

2 of 2

adjective

"

often capitalized

1

: of, relating to, or practicing intimism

2

of fiction : dealing chiefly with intimate and private especially psychological experiences

the peculiarly modern feeling of individual helplessness that the war brought into … people's consciousness, and it made sense of that emotion as the intimist novel does not as a rule

—Anthony West

Word History

Etymology

Noun

French intimiste, from intime intimate + -iste -ist

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