centrism
Avoiding ideological extremes
Centrism is a political stance that avoids the extremes of left and right, favoring moderate or middle-ground positions.
A centrist might support some progressive social policies while endorsing fiscal conservatism.
Critics from both sides often characterize centrism as fence-sitting or lacking conviction: His centrism pleased no one during the primary.
Cooperation between political rivals
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
accord · reconciliation · trade-off · coalition-building · bridge-building · consensus · deal-making · cooperation
Habitual moderation in behavior
- restraintControl over impulses
- middle-of-the-roadUncontroversially conventional stance
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
level-headedness · equanimity · caution · conservatism · moderateness · self-restraint · steadiness · unextreme
State of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- even-keeledEmotionally balanced, consistent
stability · proportion · parity · calibration · median · mean · midpoint · both-sidesism
Freedom from prejudice
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
disinterest · detachment · nonalignment · independence · unbiased · apolitical · dispassion · open-mindedness
Accepting things as they are
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- expediencyPrioritizing practicality over ethics
- feasibilityPotential for success
reasonableness · rationality · commonsense · technocracy · problem-solving · evidence-based · results-oriented · wonkish
Bias toward Western perspectives
- AfrocentrismAfrican-centered cultural framework
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
bipartisanship
Cooperation between political rivals
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- give-and-takeMutual concession between parties
mediation · accord · reconciliation · trade-off · coalition-building · bridge-building · consensus · deal-making · cooperation · peacemaking
temperance
Habitual moderation in behavior
- restraintControl over impulses
- middle-of-the-roadUncontroversially conventional stance
- measuredCarefully considered, unhurried
judicious · level-headedness · equanimity · caution · conservatism · moderateness · self-restraint · steadiness · unextreme · calmness
equilibrium
State of balance
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
- counterbalanceOffsetting force or weight
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
even-keeled · stability · proportion · parity · calibration · median · mean · midpoint · both-sidesism
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
evenhandedness · disinterest · detachment · nonalignment · independence · unbiased · apolitical · dispassion · open-mindedness · tolerance
realism
Accepting things as they are
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- expediencyPrioritizing practicality over ethics
feasibility · reasonableness · rationality · commonsense · technocracy · problem-solving · evidence-based · results-oriented · wonkish · managerialism
Eurocentrism
Bias toward Western perspectives
- AfrocentrismAfrican-centered cultural framework
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- Blair EraTony Blair, New Labour, Gordon Brown, spin doctors, Downing Street
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
- political traitspartisanship, bipartisanship, conservatism, liberalism, progressivism
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
centrismextremism
Ideology beyond accepted norms
radicalism · far-right · far-left · far-right politics · hard right
centrismfanaticism
Obsessive, unreasoning dedication
zealotry · political extremism · ideological purity · dogmatism · partisanship
centrismpolitical violence
Force for political ends
direct action · accelerationism · confrontationalism · rejectionism
eccentric, centrist, centrists, egocentric, concentric, ethnocentrism, geocentric, heliocentric, anthropocentric