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centrist Definition In English

0 supporting the centre of the range of political opinions
1 someone who supports the centre of the range of political opinions:
- Her campaign so far suggests that she would try to bridge the divide between the party's liberals and centrists.
- The policy will alienate independents and centrists.
2 not extreme in your political opinions:
- He said all the things that centrist voters seem to want to hear.

The internal structure of governments also affects centrist governments more strongly than conservative or social democratic governments.
On issues where voters attach more significance to centrist positions, parties appear to adapt quickly to similar, moderate positions.
These coalition governments tend to be located at positions slightly more centrist than their respective parliamentary medians.
And in such a climate, proposals of a centrist kind, especially coming from an ex-colonial super-power, are viewed with suspicion or open antagonism.
These figures represent projections of two issue dimensions (from a multi-dimensional problem) on to a voting landscape for centrist and extremist preferences respectively.
Again, the pacts seem to inhibit easy formation of centrist majority coalitions.
After a period during which political power was shared between the two main centrist political forces, sixteen candidates participated in the first round.
The expectation is that supporters of more extreme parties will exhibit the highest rates of coalition sticking, and voters for centrist parties the lowest.