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Meanings of centrism in English

Russian
центризм
Portuguese
centrismo
Spanish
política de centro
Catalan
centre polític

Describes a political outlook or specific position.

Related terms
центризм
Portuguese
centro
Catalan
moderantisme
Spanish
centro político

A political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action.

centro
Usage of centrism in English
1
The time is up for happy fantasies of office-park centrism and professional-class competence.
The Guardian
2
Blue-collar conservatism should not be mistaken for centrism or wet politics circa 1970.
The Guardian
3
Pragmatism, realism, centrism and continuity of policy are as much in evidence as change.
The Irish Times
4
She has responded to concerns about her cautious centrism by committing to more radical plans.
The Guardian
5
The alternative is not a fresh flowering of centrism.
The Guardian
6
This doublespeak often infuriates his progressive supporters, but it's the type of centrism Obama is known for.
Ebony
7
The language of centrism can be misleading.
The Guardian
8
For many Democrats, trimming, triangulating, and poll-tested centrism were among the least appetizing features of the Clinton years.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
9
It's natural for Clinton to detect a popular mandate for centrism...
The new yorker
10
She's a thoughtful politician who has responded to concerns about her cautious centrism by committing to more radical plans.
The Guardian
11
The raison d'être of Change UK was that the country was crying out for their brand of vapid centrism.
The Guardian
12
Transfixed by the attractions of triangulated centrism, they're prepared to have its geometry laid out exclusively by their opponents.
The Guardian
13
In those years, he embraced the moderate wing of the Democratic Party, and in particular the pragmatic centrism of Bill Clinton.
Reuters
14
To make those criticisms is not to dream of the 1990s and yearn after a lost era of "centrism".
The Guardian
15
Hillary Clinton was the only bulwark against the calamity of his presidency, but her establishment "centrism", in part, doomed her.
The Guardian
16
Pandering to voters' "concerns about immigration" is nothing more than an echo of the empty centrism that has, rightly, been rejected by Labour's members.
The Guardian