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Definition of Centrist
1. Noun. A person who takes a position in the political center.
Group relationships: Center
Generic synonyms: Adult, Grownup
Derivative terms: Centrism
2. Adjective. Supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative.
Definition of Centrist
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism. ¹
2. Noun. A person who advocates centrism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centrist
1. an advocate of centrism [n -S] - See also: centrism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centrist
Literary usage of Centrist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"The centrist Party predominates In the ... In the agitation for him and prompt
action in the Catholic Church, represented In politics by the centrist Party. ..."
2. The New Russian Foreign Policy by Michael Mandelbaum (1998)
"critics would need to construct a responsible, respectable “third way” in policy
terms: a manifestly centrist course, likely to appeal to the great majority ..."
3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"On July 19 the committee of the majority parties of the Reichstag (including the
centrist or Catholic party, the National Liberal and the Majority Socialist ..."
4. The German Socialist Party: Champion of the First Republic, 1918-1933 by William Harvey Maehl (1986)
"Among the centrist, Democratic, and non-partisan members of the government the
most important were Matthias Erzberger, minister without portfolio, ..."
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