Phrase Hound found 3 phrases and 18 compound words that contain maxim. The most common are listed below. Open maxim in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 3
- Maxim gunA British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
- Shannon's maxim"The enemy knows the system" — a restatement of Kerckhoffs's principle.
- Skinner's maximThe principle that any historical account of what someone meant by a certain action or statement must in some measure conform to that person’s own understanding of what they were saying or doing.
Compound words 18
- submaximA maxim making up part of a greater maxim.
- supermaximA maxim consisting of several submaxims.
- maximiseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of maximize.
- maximallyTo a maximal extent; as much as possible.
- maximumsplural of maximum: The highest limit.
- maximismA tendency toward excess and extravagance.
- maximalsplural of maximal: Largest, greatest (in magnitude), highest, most.
- maximandThat which is to be maximized.
- maximandsplural of maximand: That which is to be maximized.
- MaximatoThe period in Mexican history during which President Plutarco Elías Calles's puppet presidents were in office.