different between miniaturise vs miniaturism

English

Verb

miniaturise (third-person singular simple present miniaturises, present participle miniaturising, simple past and past participle miniaturised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of miniaturize.

French

Verb

miniaturise

1. first-person singular present indicative of miniaturiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of miniaturiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of miniaturiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of miniaturiser
5. second-person singular imperative of miniaturiser

English

Etymology

miniature +? -ism

Noun

miniaturism (uncountable)

1. Miniature size; tendency towards miniature size.
2. Tendency towards detail.

Quotations

• 2002, Michael J. Shapiro and Jane Bennett, The Politics of Moralizing

  As we all know, some twelve billion years ago the gods created the universe, including the [...] dinosaurs and such like, but after a while found these huge creatures rather tedious and jejune. [...] Turning from gigantism to miniaturism, the gods then created little creatures on earth, including humans, hoping they might be more nuanced and unpredictable.

Related terms

• sociological miniaturism
• miniature
• miniaturist

Romanian

Etymology

miniatur? +? -ism

Noun

miniaturism n (uncountable)

1. miniaturism

Declension