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Minimalism is a movement in visual arts, music, and other media that began in post–World War II Western art.

Minimalism may also refer to:

• Minimalism (computing), a philosophy of programming and configuring computers
• Minimalism (philosophy), a theory that truth does not provide useful information beyond the proposition or sentence
• Minimalism (syntax), a theory of natural language syntax developed by Noam Chomsky in the 1990s
• Minimalism (technical communication), a theory of task-oriented and user-centered instruction and documentation
• Minimalism (visual arts), art movement to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts
• Minimalist music, a form of art music that employs limited or minimal musical materials
• Judicial minimalism, a philosophy in United States constitutional law
• Biblical minimalism, a movement or trend in biblical scholarship holding that the Bible is not reliable evidence for history, and that "Israel" is a problematic subject for historical study
• Simple living, voluntary practices to simplify one's lifestyle by reducing one's possessions

See also

• All pages with titles containing minimalism, or containing minimalist
• Minimal (disambiguation)
• Minimisation (disambiguation)
• Concision

• Disambiguation pages