<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Music: a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.</li><li>minimal art: an aesthetic, particularly in design, decor, and fashion, favoring simplicity, clean lines, and neutral colors over pattern, ornament, and brighter colors.</li><li>a lifestyle involving a reduction or simplification of one’s material possessions that frees one to lead an existence that is more intentional, purposeful, spiritual, etc.: Inspired by a guru of minimalism, the couple sold their house and began living on the road in an RV.</li></ul>