Originally Posted by
Rick Hurst
Rick,
This is the applicable meaning as I've used it:
"In
politics,
centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting
moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. Most commonly, this is visualized as part of the one-dimensional
political spectrum of
Left-Right politics, with centrism landing in the middle between
left-wing politics and
right-wing politics."
As also found here at:
centrist - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
centrist
one entry found.
Main Entry: cen·trist
Pronunciation: \ˈsen-trist\
Function:
noun
Date: 1872
1
often capitalized : a member of a center party
2
: a person who holds moderate views— cen·trism \-ˌtri-zəm\
noun — centrist
adjective