minimisation
Shrinking to least
Minimisation is the British spelling of minimization—the act of reducing something to the smallest possible amount or degree: Cost minimisation was the primary goal.
In psychology, minimisation describes downplaying the significance of events or emotions, often as a defence mechanism: His minimisation of the abuse made therapy difficult.
Refusal to accept reality
- downplayingDiminishing perceived significance
- trivialisationDownplaying something's importance
- dismissalRemoval from position
- understatementIntentional diminishment for effect
deflection · avoidance · rationalization · diminishing · belittling · gaslighting · invalidation
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- diminutionReduction in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
shrinkage · curtailment · lessening · contraction · compression · paring down · pruning · retrenchment
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- productivityOutput relative to input
- cost-savingReducing expenditure
- time-savingReducing required duration
- waste reductionDecreasing material for disposal
lean · resourceful · workflow · automation · resource allocation · carbon footprint · consumption · expenditure
Rigorously simple, unadorned
- cleanFree of soil
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- zenMeditative calm
unadorned · sleek · pared-back · restraint · simplicity · decluttering · essentialism · reductionism
Finite problem-solving procedure
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- gradientRate of change across space
- objectivePurpose or goal
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
linear · nonlinear · programming · mathematical · heuristic · stochastic · variable · parameter
denial
Refusal to accept reality
- downplayingDiminishing perceived significance
- trivialisationDownplaying something's importance
- dismissalRemoval from position
understatement · deflection · avoidance · rationalization · diminishing · belittling · gaslighting · invalidation
downsizing
Reducing workforce or scale
- cutbackPlanned reduction in spending
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- diminutionReduction in size
decline · shrinkage · curtailment · lessening · contraction · compression · paring down · pruning · retrenchment · abridgment
streamlining
Making more aerodynamic or efficient
- productivityOutput relative to input
- cost-savingReducing expenditure
- time-savingReducing required duration
waste reduction · lean · resourceful · workflow · automation · resource allocation · carbon footprint · consumption · expenditure · utilization
spartan
Rigorously simple, unadorned
- cleanFree of soil
- understatedDeliberately minimized in expression
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
zen · unadorned · sleek · pared-back · restraint · simplicity · decluttering · essentialism · reductionism · negative space
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
constraint · linear · nonlinear · programming · mathematical · heuristic · stochastic · variable · parameter · iteration
minimisationmaximisation
Increasing to greatest extent
enlargement · expansion · amplification · magnification · increase
minimisationmaximisation
Increasing to greatest extent
exaggeration · overstatement · magnification · amplification · dramatisation
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