soft-liner
Favors gentle approaches
A soft-liner takes a moderate or conciliatory position within a group, especially in politics—the opposite of a hard-liner.
Soft-liners favor negotiation, compromise, and gradual change over confrontation: The soft-liners in the administration pushed for diplomatic engagement.
The term often appears in discussions of authoritarian regimes, where soft-liners may advocate reform from within.
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Lessen intensity or preside
- compromiserOne who yields partially
- doveGentle cooing bird
- centristOne favoring middle positions
- pragmatistOne favoring practical approaches
negotiator · reformist · conciliator · appeaser · gradualist · diplomat · peacemaker · bridge-builder
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Synthetic resin or fiber
- siliconeFlexible synthetic polymer
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- relineRestore inner covering
cushioning · resilience · viscoelasticity · thermoplastic · chairside · biocompatible · polymerization · adhesion · retention · flange
moderate
Lessen intensity or preside
- compromiserOne who yields partially
- doveGentle cooing bird
- centristOne favoring middle positions
pragmatist · negotiator · reformist · conciliator · appeaser · gradualist · diplomat · peacemaker · bridge-builder · bipartisan