Moderatism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moderatism \Mod"er*a*tism\ (m[o^]d"[~e]r*[asl]*t[i^]z'm), n.
     Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or
     religion.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  moderatism
       n : a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and
           right by taking a moderate position or course of action
           [syn: {centrism}]