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golden mean

noun

  1. the perfect moderate course or position that avoids extremes; the happy medium.


golden mean

noun

  1. the middle course between extremes
  2. another term for golden section
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


golden mean

  1. The desirable middle ground between any two extremes, according to the philosophy of Aristotle .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of golden mean1

First recorded in 1580–90
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Example Sentences

As long as we realize that, we may not get to the golden mean when we would like, but perhaps others will.

I'm not for the golden mean in every instance; it's a way of exhorting to brutal selfishness.

Priscilla, not knowing what to reply to Martine's fun, wisely chose the golden mean of silence.

And vices are easier than virtue, extremes easier than the golden mean.

It seems to us a sort of golden mean between the two extremes.

This extreme also is avoided in man; in this, as in many other particulars, he holds the golden mean.

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