centrism

or Cen·trism

[ sen-triz-uhm ]

/ ˈsɛn trɪz əm /

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adherence to moderate political views or policies; careful avoidance of any political position that could be construed as too far right or left: Maybe more Americans are conservative than liberal, but I think there's also a tendency toward centrism.The Eisenhower administration's aggressive centrism never challenged the fundamental assumptions of New Deal liberalism.

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Origin of centrism

centr- + -ism

Words nearby centrism

centrifuge, centring, centriole, centripetal, centripetal force, centrism, centrist, centro-, centrobaric, centroclinal, centroid

How to use centrism in a sentence

It didn’t help that Jacobs refused to play the centrist to Gómez’s leftist.
The Rise and Fall (for Now) of Georgette Gómez|Andrew Keatts|November 16, 2020|Voice of San Diego
MSNBC is nominally to the left of centrist CNN, but only a bit, particularly compared to Fox News’s rightward tilt.
My two days watching Newsmax, the network waging war on Fox News from the right|Emily VanDerWerff|November 12, 2020|Vox
You can quibble with Ocasio-Cortez’s faith in the insurmountable impact of Facebook advertising — but the widespread declarations that she has broken her truce with centrists miss the point precisely.
AOC isn’t picking a fight over ideology. She’s staging an intervention.|Molly Roberts|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Chief Justice John Roberts, the court’s most centrist member, wrote the 2012 opinion allowing the individual mandate, and conservative Justice Samuel Alito has written in favor of setting a high bar for arguments against severability.
What to know about the Supreme Court’s case on the constitutionality of Obamacare|Geoffrey Colvin|November 10, 2020|Fortune

A conservative-leaning court with at least one centrist justice who might be persuaded to join the liberals is where the situation stood until Ginsburg’s death.
How Presidents Have Shaped The US Supreme Court – And Why The Choice Of Its Next Justice Is So Crucial|LGBTQ-Editor|September 23, 2020|No Straight News
The plain fact of the matter is centrism works nowhere in America.
Reality Check: There Are No Swing Voters|Goldie Taylor|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then came accusations of centrism—now a dirty word in a party with an energized left flank.
How the Left Cut Down a Democratic Frontrunner|David Freedlander|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The “Euro-centrism” reflected in our views of World War II carried over into the Cold War.
Is Obama’s Asia Pivot More Than Talk?|Mark Perry|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With a Hillary Clinton candidacy more likely than not, centrism and triagulation will be the order of the day.
Hillary Clinton Vs. the GOP Boys’ Club: Fighting for the Female Vote|Lloyd Green|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Although few would have predicted it in 1992, Hillary has become the preeminent symbol of Democratic centrism.
Hillary Clinton’s Big Challenges in 2016 Will Come From the Left|Peter Beinart|August 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Was there any knowledge accompanying this colossal conceit—this ego-centrism of his?
I Walked in Arden|Jack Crawford