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Middle way

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The middle of three paths.
  2. 2
    An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise.

    "Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale."

  3. 3
    The teaching of the Buddha of neither living in great excess nor in great asceticism.
  4. 4
    The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.

Etymology

From middle + way. Compare Dutch middelweg, German Mittelweg; compare also Latin via media.

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