Maxim
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Maxim or Maksim may refer to:
Entertainment
- Maxim (magazine), an international men's magazine
- Maxim (Australia), the Australian edition
- Maxim (India), the Indian edition
- Maxim Radio, Maxim magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio
- Maxim, a fictional ship in the manga and anime series One Piece
- Maxim, the hero of the video game Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals and its remake, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
Literature and language
- A species of adage, aphorism, or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim
- Maxims (Old English poems), examples of gnomic poetry
- Maximes (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80)
Organizations
- Maxim Healthcare Services, a medical staffing and home healthcare company
- Maxim Institute, a public policy think tank in New Zealand
- Maxim Integrated, a manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits
- Maxim's Catering, a chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong
- Maxim's Paris, a Parisian restaurant of the Belle Epoque
People
- Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1283–1305)
- Maksim, Bulgarian Patriarch (1914–2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Maksim, Serbian Patriarch (d. 1680), Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1674)
- Maksim Branković (d. 1516), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia
- Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Russian author and activist
- Maksim Vasiljević, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Western America (since 2006)
- Hiram Maxim (1840–1916), inventor of the Maxim Gun, the first machine gun
- Hiram Percy Maxim (1869–1936), radio pioneer, inventor of the automobile muffler and the firearm silencer; son of Hiram Maxim
- Hudson Maxim (1853–1927), a U.S. inventor and chemist; brother of Hiram Maxim and uncle of Hiram Percy Maxim
- Maxim "Max" Birbraer (born 1980), Kazakhstan-born Israeli professional ice hockey forward
- Maxim (musician), stage name of Keith Palmer, member of the British electronic band The Prodigy
- Carl Maximowicz, botanist (author abbreviation Maxim)
- Maxim (artist), German Europop artist
- Maxim Kontsevich (b. 1964), Russian and French mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal
Other uses
- Legal maxim, certain guiding principles of law and jurisprudence
- Maxim (coffee), the first American brand of freeze-dried coffee, made by General Foods
- Maxim Cup, South Korean Go competition
- Maxim (philosophy), a principle that an individual uses in making a decision
- Maxim gun, the first self-acting machine gun
- Maxim, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
- SilencerCo Maxim 50, a muzzle-loading rifle that includes an integrated sound suppressor
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See also
- Aphorism
- Maxim (given name)
- Maxim (surname)
- Maxima (disambiguation)
- Maxime (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Maxim
- All pages with titles containing Maxim
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