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What (who) is Moderate - definition
POLITICAL TERM
Moderate (politics); Moderates; Socially moderate; Moderate politician; Moderate politics; Moderate; Moderatism
moderate
(moderated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Moderate political opinions or policies are not extreme.
He was an easygoing man of very moderate views...
Both countries have called for a moderate approach to the use of force.
? extreme
ADJ
2.
You use moderate to describe people or groups who have moderate political opinions or policies.
...a moderate Democrat.
...the moderate wing of the army.
ADJ
•
A moderate is someone with moderate political opinions.
If he presents himself as a radical he risks scaring off the moderates.
N-COUNT
3.
You use moderate to describe something that is neither large nor small in amount or degree.
While a moderate amount of stress can be beneficial, too much stress can exhaust you.
...moderate exercise.
= reasonable
? excessive
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• moderately
Both are moderately large insects.
= reasonably
ADV: usu ADV adj/-ed, also ADV after v
4.
A moderate change in something is a change that is not great.
Most drugs offer either no real improvement or, at best, only moderate improvements.
ADJ
• moderately
Share prices on the Tokyo Exchange declined moderately.
ADV: ADV after v
5.
If you moderate something or if it moderates, it becomes less extreme or violent and easier to deal with or accept.
They are hoping that once in office he can be persuaded to moderate his views...
Amongst relief workers, the immediate sense of crisis has moderated somewhat...
VERB: V n, V
• moderation
A moderation in food prices helped to offset the first increase in energy prices.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of/in n
moderate
adj. moderate in (they were moderate in their demands)
Moderate
·vi To preside as a moderator.
II. Moderate ·adj Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
III. Moderate ·adj Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind.
IV. Moderate ·adj Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter.
V. Moderate ·adj Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist.
VI. Moderate ·vi To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated.
VII. Moderate ·vt To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
VIII. Moderate ·adj Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
IX. Moderate ·adj Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.
X. Moderate ·adj Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
XI. Moderate ·adj Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
XII. Moderate ·noun One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
Wikipedia
Political moderate
Moderate is an ideological category which designates a rejection of radical or extreme views, especially in regard to politics and religion. A moderate is considered someone occupying any mainstream position avoiding extreme views. In American politics, a moderate is considered someone occupying a centre position on the left–right political spectrum.
Examples of use of Moderate
1. "So we‘re left with moderate Muslims preaching to moderate Muslims.
2. We‘re making moderate –– whole moderate compounds that didn‘t exist before.
3. Reichert calls himself a moderate candidate for a moderate district.
4. No moderate Taliban: Concerning talks between «moderate» Taliban and some European countries, he said there was no such thing as a moderate Taliban.
5. "There are no moderate Palestinians." Well, there are no moderate Israelis.