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centrism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsɛnˌtrɪz(ə)m/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any moderate political philosophy that avoids extremes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moderatism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: political orientation, ideology, political theory

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English centre Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English centrism From centre + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَسَطِيَّة (wasaṭiyya) — moderate political philosophy
  • Azerbaijani: mərkəzçilik — moderate political philosophy
  • Catalan: centrisme — moderate political philosophy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中間派 /中间派 (zhōngjiānpài) — moderate political philosophy
  • Dutch: centrisme — moderate political philosophy
  • Finnish: keskustalaisuus — moderate political philosophy
  • Finnish: sentrismi — moderate political philosophy
  • French: centrisme — moderate political philosophy
  • Galician: centrismo — moderate political philosophy
  • Georgian: ცენტრიზმი (cenṭrizmi) — moderate political philosophy
  • German: Zentrismus — moderate political philosophy
  • Italian: centrismo — moderate political philosophy
  • Japanese: 中道政治 (chūdōseiji) — moderate political philosophy
  • Kazakh: орталықшылдық (ortalyqşyldyq) — moderate political philosophy
  • Korean: 중도주의 (jungdojuui) — moderate political philosophy
  • Latvian: centrisms — moderate political philosophy
  • Macedonian: центризам (centrizam) — moderate political philosophy
  • Polish: centryzm — moderate political philosophy
  • Portuguese: centrismo — moderate political philosophy
  • Russian: центри́зм (centrízm) — moderate political philosophy
  • Spanish: centrismo — moderate political philosophy
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa trung dung — moderate political philosophy
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa trung gian — moderate political philosophy