third way
Neither extreme chosen
A third way is an alternative to two dominant options, suggesting a middle path or novel approach that avoids the perceived extremes of both: We need a third way between doing nothing and going to war.
The phrase implies pragmatic compromise or creative problem-solving when conventional choices seem inadequate. (Capitalized Third Way refers to specific political movements.)
Position between extremes
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- neither-norConjunction excluding two alternatives
bridging · common ground · middle path · golden mean · transcendence · trade-off · give-and-take · compromise
middle ground
Position between extremes
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
neither-nor · bridging · common ground · middle path · golden mean · transcendence · trade-off · give-and-take · compromise · mediation
- threestrio, triple, triplet, trilogy, tripod
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- centrismmoderates, moderation, middle ground, compromise, bipartisanship
- Third Positionismfascism
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
- reformreform movement, reform movements, reform party, reformer, reformist
third wayhard left
Extreme political shift
hard right · Marxism · communism · far left · far right
third wayextremism
Ideology beyond accepted norms
radicalism · far left · far right · revolutionary politics · fascism
third wayeither/or
Mutually exclusive choice
binary choice · polarization · black-and-white thinking · left or right · false dilemma
way, three, third, triangle, triad, thirds, trinity, trimester, tertiary