via media

[ vahy-uh-mee-dee-uh, mey-, vee-uh; Latin wee-ah me-dee-ah ]

/ ˈvaɪ ə ˈmi di ə, ˈmeɪ-, ˈvi ə; Latin ˈwi ɑ ˈmɛ di ɑ /

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noun

a middle way; a mean between two extremes.

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Origin of via media

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1835–45

Words nearby via media

viable, via dolorosa, viaduct, Viagra, vial, via media, viand, Viangchan, vi apple, Viareggio, viatical

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How to use via media in a sentence

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Isolated lesbians learned that there were other women like them via books whose covers aimed to titillate heterosexual men.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Much of the media coverage around eating disorders surrounds celebrities and models.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Duke was a state representative whose neo-Nazi alliances were disgorged in media reports during his run for governor in 1991.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is especially useful with cultures upon serum media, but is applicable also to the sputum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
And next day there was one more revealing incident that helped, yet also hindered him, as he moved along his via dolorosa.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Time is an object, but if Greece came in, preferably via Enos, the problem would be simplified.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The gonococcus is distinguished by its failure to grow upon ordinary media.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
By far the most frequent exciting causes of acute otitis media are the pneumococcus and the streptococcus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for via media

via media

/ Latin (ˈvaɪə ˈmiːdɪə) /

noun

a compromise between two extremes; middle course

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