moderateness
Avoiding all extremes
Moderateness is the quality of being moderate—avoiding extremes, staying within reasonable limits.
The word applies to temperament, climate, political positions, or consumption: The moderateness of her views made her acceptable to both factions.
It suggests restraint without deficiency, enough without excess.
The near-synonym moderation is far more common in everyday use.
Ability to restrain impulses
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- reserveSupply kept back
sobriety · continence · modesty · propriety · decorum · inhibition · regulation · control
State of balance
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- stabilityResistance to displacement
evenness · measured · middle-ground · equipoise · proportionality · calibration · adjustment · levelness
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- nonpartisanshipAbsence of party affiliation
detachment · dispassion · equanimity · open-mindedness · tolerance · unbiasedness · nonalignment · centrism
Economical resource management
- simplicityLack of complexity
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
abstinence · teetotalism · sparingness · plainness · thriftiness · economizing · unpretentiousness · minimalism
self-control
Ability to restrain impulses
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- cautionCareful attention to risk
reserve · sobriety · continence · modesty · propriety · decorum · inhibition · regulation · control · composure
equilibrium
State of balance
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
stability · evenness · measured · middle-ground · equipoise · proportionality · calibration · adjustment · levelness · symmetry
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
nonpartisanship · detachment · dispassion · equanimity · open-mindedness · tolerance · unbiasedness · nonalignment · centrism · middle-of-the-road
frugality
Economical resource management
- simplicityLack of complexity
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
asceticism · abstinence · teetotalism · sparingness · plainness · thriftiness · economizing · unpretentiousness · minimalism · temperance
moderatenessextremeness
Maximum intensity level
excess · excessiveness · extremity · immoderation · immoderateness
moderatenessintemperance
Habitual lack of restraint
intemperateness · unrestraint · self-indulgence · excess · dissipation
moderatenessextremism
Ideology beyond accepted norms
radicalness · radicalism · fanaticism · zealotry · fundamentalism
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