centrist

English

Etymology

From French centriste, equivalent to centre +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tɹɪst/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsen.tɹɪst/

Adjective

centrist (comparative more centrist, superlative most centrist)

1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.
   • 2023 December 19, Angelique Chrisafis, “France passes controversial immigration bill amid deep division in Macron’s party”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was approved by parliament but contained so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen claimed it as an “ideological victory” for her own anti-immigration platform.

Derived terms

• biocentrist
• ecocentrist

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism

• Azerbaijani: mərkəzçi
• Esperanto: centrisma
• Finnish: keskustalainen (fi)
• French: centriste (fr)
• Galician: centrista (gl)
• Georgian: ცენტრისტული (cenṭrisṭuli)
• German: gemäßigt (de)
• Irish: sa lár
• Italian: centrista (it)
• Portuguese: centrista (pt)
• Romanian: centrist (ro)
• Russian: центри́стский (ru) (centrístskij)
• Spanish: centrista

Noun

centrist (plural centrists)

1. A person who advocates centrism.
   • 2018, Ezra Klein, “Paul Ryan's Long Con”, in Vox.com‎^[2]:

     But to critics like the New York Times's Paul Krugman, Ryan was an obvious con man weaponizing the deficit to hamstring Obama's presidency, weaken the recovery, and snooker Beltway centrists eager to champion a reasonable-seeming Republican.

Translations

a person who advocates centrism

• Azerbaijani: mərkəzçi
• Catalan: centrista m or f
• Finnish: keskustalainen (fi)
• French: centriste (fr) m or f
• Galician: centrista (gl) m or f
• Georgian: ცენტრისტი (cenṭrisṭi)
• Italian: centrista (it) m or f
• Kazakh: орталықшыл (ortalyqşyl)
• Portuguese: centrista (pt) m or f
• Russian: центри́ст (ru) m (centríst), центри́стка f (centrístka)
• Spanish: centrista m or f

Related terms

• anti-centrist
• radical centrist
• radically centrist

 

Coordinate terms

• leftist
• rightist

Anagrams

• citterns, stricten

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French centriste.

Noun

centrist m (plural centriști)

1. centrist

Declension

Declension of centrist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) centrist	centristul	(niște) centriști	centriștii
genitive/dative	(unui) centrist	centristului	(unor) centriști	centriștilor
vocative	centristule		centriștilor