Centrist
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who advocates centrism.
"But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican."
- 2 a person who takes a position in the political center wordnet
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.
"Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was approved by parliament but contained so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen claimed it as an “ideological victory” for her own anti-immigration platform."
- 1 supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative wordnet
Example
More examples"Growing centrist sentiment threatens to upset America's traditional two-party system."
Etymology
From French centriste, equivalent to centre + -ist.
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