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centrist|ˈsɛntrɪst| [a. F. centriste, f. centre centre: see -ist.] a. Polit. A member of the Centre Party (in France).
1872Daily News 31 July, That weak-kneed congregation who sit in the middle of the House, and call themselves ‘Centrists’. 1882Pall Mall G. 31 Jan., A close game was then being played between the Centrists and M. Gambetta. b. transf. Also attrib. or as adj.
1923E. A. Ross Russian Soviet Republ. 22 The ‘Berliner Tageblatt’ and the ‘Vossische Zeitung’ demand an understanding with Russia by all means. The Centrists favor an agreement. 1928F. Utley tr. Illustr. Hist. Russ. Rev. I. 135 In international Social Democracy ‘Centrists’ are those who swing to and fro between the Jingoes..and the Left such as:..MacDonald and Co. in England. 1928Manch. Guardian Weekly 21 Sept. 224/1 The ‘Temps’ shows some uneasiness..at the attacks on Herr Müller in the Centrist and Populist press. 1958Economist 8 Nov. 504/1 A cautiously centrist position on ‘welfare state’ issues. 1968Guardian 20 Nov. 9/2 The subsequent struggle for supremacy between Mr Gomulka's ‘centrists’ and Mr Moczar's ‘extremists’ is in the classical tradition of Communist intrigue. |