centrist

From French centriste, equivalent to centre +‎ -ist.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛn.tɹɪst/

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

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.

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.

• leftist
• rightist

• citterns, stricten

Borrowed from French centriste.

centrist m (plural centriști)

1. centrist