CENTRISM Definition & Meaning

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centrism

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[sen-triz-uhm]

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noun

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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of centrism¹

centr- ( def. ) + -ism ( def. )

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He helped move the Conservative party from one-nation centrism under Sir Edward Heath, to a position where it favours a small state, controlled immigration and life outside the European Union.

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I’m not convinced, however, that the Mamdani moment amounts to a death blow for centrism, whatever we take that term to mean.

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In other words, this is the same old centrism.

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This outbreak of centrism may include a dose of election-year calibration.

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Kaye’s politics were varying and sometimes evolving — which he described as radical centrism.

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