"maximizer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maximizers [plural]
Etymology: From maximize + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|maximize|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From maximize + -er., {{ety|en|:af|maximize|-er<id:agent suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂ism̥mos Proto-Italic *magisVmos Latin maximus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English maximize Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English maximizer From maximize + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} maximizer (plural maximizers)
  1. A person who or thing that maximizes.
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  2. (linguistics) An amplifier that strongly intensifies the meaning, more so than a booster.
    Sense id: en-maximizer-en-noun-Y-W2svT3 Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent suffix) Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent suffix): 21 79 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: paperclip maximizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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