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Definition of Centrist

1. Adjective. Supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative.

2. Noun. A person who takes a position in the political center.

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

centrins centriolar centriolar region centriole centrioles centripetal centripetal acceleration centripetal current centripetal force centripetal nerve

centripetally centripetence centripetency centrism centrisms centrist (current term) centrists centro- centroacinar cell centrobaric

centroblast centroblasts centrocyte centrocytes centrode centrodes centroid centroidal centroiding centroids

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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