center-right
Leaning toward conservative
Center-right describes political positions that lean conservative but remain moderate, favoring free markets and traditional values while accepting some government role in society.
It occupies the space between centrism and more ideological conservatism: The center-right coalition won a narrow majority.
Often hyphenated as an adjective, unhyphenated as a noun.
Cautious about altering customs
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- RepublicanGOP party member
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
- Christian DemocratReligious centrist politician
neoliberal · fiscal conservative · establishment · pro-business · traditional values · moderate Republican · bourgeois
Dominant cultural current
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
- third wayCompromise between opposing positions
- big tentInclusive political approach
- broad churchIdeologically inclusive group
coalition-building · compromise · bipartisan · swing voter · triangulation · reformist · gradualist · conventional
Commerce without state intervention
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
- low taxesMinimal government revenue extraction
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
fiscal responsibility · traditional values · individual liberty · balanced budget · free enterprise · social conservatism · law and order · national security
conservative
Cautious about altering customs
- moderateLessen intensity or preside
- RepublicanGOP party member
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
Christian Democrat · neoliberal · fiscal conservative · establishment · pro-business · traditional values · moderate Republican · bourgeois
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
- third wayCompromise between opposing positions
- big tentInclusive political approach
broad church · coalition-building · compromise · bipartisan · swing voter · triangulation · reformist · gradualist · conventional
free market
Commerce without state intervention
- limited governmentOfficially bounded political authority
- low taxesMinimal government revenue extraction
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
privatization · fiscal responsibility · traditional values · individual liberty · balanced budget · free enterprise · social conservatism · law and order · national security · anti-socialism
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- Christian DemocracyCDA, CSU, subsidiarity, personalism, Angela Merkel
- free marketersAdam Smith, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, free traders, laissez-faire
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- Italian PoliticsBerlusconi, Five Star, Democratic Party, coalition governments, political instability
center-rightcenter-left
Mildly progressive political stance
left-of-center · social democratic · progressive · liberal · left-wing
center-rightfar-right
Extremist political ideology
radical right · extreme right · hard-right · ultra-conservative · hard right
center, right, centers, centered, centering, central, centrally, centralize, centralization