minimax

noun

mini·​max ˈmi-ni-ˌmaks 

: the minimum of a set of maxima

especially : the smallest of a set of maximum possible losses each of which occurs in the most unfavorable outcome of a strategy followed by a participant in a situation governed by game theory compare maximin

Word History

Etymology

minimum + maximum

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for minimax

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• anticlimax