middle of the roadn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdl̩ə(v)ðəˈrəʊd/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɪdələ(v)ðəˈroʊd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle n., of prep., the adj., road n.

Etymology: < middle n. + of prep. + the adj. + road n.

A. n.

A moderate or unadventurous policy or course of action; middle-of-the-road music.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > absence of definite stance

neutralitya1513

neutralism1579

neutralizing1643

third place1757

non-committal1833

non-committalism1838

fence-ridinga1859

non-partisanship1875

middle of the road1891

fence-sitting1904

value freedom1959

1891 Overland Monthly Nov. 521/2 He wanted the people with him. He kept in the middle of the road, and he kept his party there; and he walked in the light and in safety.

1927 Amer. Speech 2 443/1 The ‘middle of the road’ is the sacred path followed by compromising politicians who desire to promote their own or their party's fortunes.

1972 Sat. Night May 24/2 The band mixes in a little rock with a little C and W, veering towards the middle of the road with some Tom Jones medleys.

1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) ii. 413 It seemed the wrong time to be talking of such things—the time of death and dying, in the winter of 1986; the time when you had to be one thing or the other; when there was no middle of the road.

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Mar. 25/3 Those who occupy the middle of the road in politics risk getting run down from both directions.

B. adj. Usually in form middle-of-the-road.

1. Originally (U.S. Politics): relating to or designating moderate supporters of the Populist party. Now: relating to or designating a person, course of action, etc., that is moderate or unadventurous; tending to avoid extremes; average, typical; moderate, mediocre.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] > taking neutral stance

neuter1494

neutral1494

neuter1525

indifferenta1538

neuterlike1556

neutralizing1602

neutralist1648

colourless1793

achromatic1799

uncommitted1814

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828

non-committal1829

non-partisan1843

whitey-brown1892

middle of the road1894

neutralistic1914

value-free1916

value-neutral1929

middle road1951

non-aligned1954

unaligned1961

1894 Iowa State Register (Des Moines) 5 Sept. 8/3 I am a middle-of-the-road man, but I don't propose to lie down across it so no one can get over me. Nothing grows in the middle of the road.

1896 Congress. Rec. 10 Dec. 80/2 The only honest Populist is the ‘middle-of-the-road’ Populist.

1938 Life 19 Sept. 56 Farley wants the prize of 1940 to go to a middle-of-the-road Democrat, who will play ball with ‘the boys’.

1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 331 The Japanese press said that..efforts to establish a ‘middle-of-the-road’ democracy had failed.

1951 R. B. Macleod in J. H. Rohrer & M. Sherif Social Psychol. at Crossroads 224 Functionalism..has settled down to the ‘middle of the road’ American psychology.

1959 Economist 10 Jan. 101/1 He has been ultra-conservative, demagogically radical, or firmly middle-of-the-road.

1962 C. J. Alexopoulos Introd. Mycol. (ed. 2) xxii. 539 Botanists of a middle-of-the-road group..state that the fungus holds the alga imprisoned in a state of slavery.

1971 D. E. Westlake I gave at Office (1972) 151 There are no revolutionaries on this island, not left-wing, not right-wing, and most certainly not middle-of-the-road revolutionaries.

1976 D. Francis In Frame iv. 57 He was the same sort of man my father had been, middle-aged, middle-of-the-road, expert at his chosen job but unlikely to set the world on fire.

1981 B. Head Serowe xxiii. 164 I wouldn't vote for an out and out radical. I've always been middle-of-the-road.

1989 PC World Oct. 121/2 The printer's letter quality text looks faded, graphics output is similarly anemic, and it pace..is middle-of-the road at best.

1993 Self Dec. 170/2 The middle of-the-road intake of sodium is 2,200 to 3,000 milligrams a day.

1998 Gramophone Jan. 86/3 This is a sound, middle-of-the-road performance, without frills, that fills a gap in the super-budget lists.

2. Of music: appealing to a wide audience; undemanding; spec. designating popular music that has melody and harmony and avoids harsh or extreme sounds, with the implication of blandness (abbreviated MOR).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop

metal?1518

anthemic1890

Afro-Latin-American1900

sun-kissed1907

heavy1937

Latin American1937

Memphis1938

sun-drenched1943

indie1945

rockish1955

hardcore1957

doo-wop1958

middle of the road1959

Latin1962

straight-ahead1964

easy listening1965

Motown1965

funky1967

post-rock1967

rocky1967

rock-out1968

funkadelic1969

funked out1970

grungy1971

punk1971

grunge1972

Philly1972

dub1973

drum and bass1975

disco funky1976

punkish1976

reggaefied1976

Britpop1977

post-punk1977

anarcho-punk1979

rap1980

trash rock1980

crunchy1981

industrial1981

New Romantic1981

rockist1981

garage1982

hip-hop1982

thrashy1982

urban1982

Gothic1983

hip-hopping1983

beat-box1984

lo-fi1986

technoid1986

hip-house1987

acid house1988

new jack1988

old school1988

techno1988

baggy1990

banging1990

gangsta1990

filthy1991

handbaggy1991

nu skool1991

sampladelic1991

junglist1993

1958 L. A. G. Strong Treason in Egg ii. 35 A steady middle-of-the-road musician whom they felt they could trust to lead them through the morasses of contemporary music.]

1959 Times 23 Sept. 13/6 The Polish composer Spisak..has..been represented..by middle-of-the-road music of unpretentious amiability.

1969 Harper's Mag. Sept. 24 Some soft-rock groups..have invaded the middle-of-the road market themselves.

1975 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 Nov. 45/3 Pop and so-called MOR (middle-of-the-road) [record] sales are down.

1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 25/1 William Bartholomew of Juliana's Discotheque knows you like middle-of-the-road songs.

1991 She May 80/2 Rossini is great, middle-of-the-road stuff, and so are the better-known Puccini operas, La Boheme, Tosca and Madame Butterfly.

1998 Independent 7 May ii. 7/2 After masterminding Brazilian flavoured middle-of-the-road sounds for Sixties and Seventies crooners, Valle has now become the hippest thing on the block.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middle of the road
释义	middle of the roadn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɪdl̩ə(v)ðəˈrəʊd/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪdələ(v)ðəˈroʊd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle n., of prep., the adj., road n. Etymology: < middle n. + of prep. + the adj. + road n. A. n. A moderate or unadventurous policy or course of action; middle-of-the-road music. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > absence of definite stance neutralitya1513 neutralism1579 neutralizing1643 third place1757 non-committal1833 non-committalism1838 fence-ridinga1859 non-partisanship1875 middle of the road1891 fence-sitting1904 value freedom1959 1891 Overland Monthly Nov. 521/2 He wanted the people with him. He kept in the middle of the road, and he kept his party there; and he walked in the light and in safety. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 443/1 The ‘middle of the road’ is the sacred path followed by compromising politicians who desire to promote their own or their party's fortunes. 1972 Sat. Night May 24/2 The band mixes in a little rock with a little C and W, veering towards the middle of the road with some Tom Jones medleys. 1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) ii. 413 It seemed the wrong time to be talking of such things—the time of death and dying, in the winter of 1986; the time when you had to be one thing or the other; when there was no middle of the road. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Mar. 25/3 Those who occupy the middle of the road in politics risk getting run down from both directions. B. adj. Usually in form middle-of-the-road. 1. Originally (U.S. Politics): relating to or designating moderate supporters of the Populist party. Now: relating to or designating a person, course of action, etc., that is moderate or unadventurous; tending to avoid extremes; average, typical; moderate, mediocre. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [adjective] > taking neutral stance neuter1494 neutral1494 neuter1525 indifferenta1538 neuterlike1556 neutralizing1602 neutralist1648 colourless1793 achromatic1799 uncommitted1814 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1828 non-committal1829 non-partisan1843 whitey-brown1892 middle of the road1894 neutralistic1914 value-free1916 value-neutral1929 middle road1951 non-aligned1954 unaligned1961 1894 Iowa State Register (Des Moines) 5 Sept. 8/3 I am a middle-of-the-road man, but I don't propose to lie down across it so no one can get over me. Nothing grows in the middle of the road. 1896 Congress. Rec. 10 Dec. 80/2 The only honest Populist is the ‘middle-of-the-road’ Populist. 1938 Life 19 Sept. 56 Farley wants the prize of 1940 to go to a middle-of-the-road Democrat, who will play ball with ‘the boys’. 1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 331 The Japanese press said that..efforts to establish a ‘middle-of-the-road’ democracy had failed. 1951 R. B. Macleod in J. H. Rohrer & M. Sherif Social Psychol. at Crossroads 224 Functionalism..has settled down to the ‘middle of the road’ American psychology. 1959 Economist 10 Jan. 101/1 He has been ultra-conservative, demagogically radical, or firmly middle-of-the-road. 1962 C. J. Alexopoulos Introd. Mycol. (ed. 2) xxii. 539 Botanists of a middle-of-the-road group..state that the fungus holds the alga imprisoned in a state of slavery. 1971 D. E. Westlake I gave at Office (1972) 151 There are no revolutionaries on this island, not left-wing, not right-wing, and most certainly not middle-of-the-road revolutionaries. 1976 D. Francis In Frame iv. 57 He was the same sort of man my father had been, middle-aged, middle-of-the-road, expert at his chosen job but unlikely to set the world on fire. 1981 B. Head Serowe xxiii. 164 I wouldn't vote for an out and out radical. I've always been middle-of-the-road. 1989 PC World Oct. 121/2 The printer's letter quality text looks faded, graphics output is similarly anemic, and it pace..is middle-of-the road at best. 1993 Self Dec. 170/2 The middle of-the-road intake of sodium is 2,200 to 3,000 milligrams a day. 1998 Gramophone Jan. 86/3 This is a sound, middle-of-the-road performance, without frills, that fills a gap in the super-budget lists. 2. Of music: appealing to a wide audience; undemanding; spec. designating popular music that has melody and harmony and avoids harsh or extreme sounds, with the implication of blandness (abbreviated MOR). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop metal?1518 anthemic1890 Afro-Latin-American1900 sun-kissed1907 heavy1937 Latin American1937 Memphis1938 sun-drenched1943 indie1945 rockish1955 hardcore1957 doo-wop1958 middle of the road1959 Latin1962 straight-ahead1964 easy listening1965 Motown1965 funky1967 post-rock1967 rocky1967 rock-out1968 funkadelic1969 funked out1970 grungy1971 punk1971 grunge1972 Philly1972 dub1973 drum and bass1975 disco funky1976 punkish1976 reggaefied1976 Britpop1977 post-punk1977 anarcho-punk1979 rap1980 trash rock1980 crunchy1981 industrial1981 New Romantic1981 rockist1981 garage1982 hip-hop1982 thrashy1982 urban1982 Gothic1983 hip-hopping1983 beat-box1984 lo-fi1986 technoid1986 hip-house1987 acid house1988 new jack1988 old school1988 techno1988 baggy1990 banging1990 gangsta1990 filthy1991 handbaggy1991 nu skool1991 sampladelic1991 junglist1993 1958 L. A. G. Strong Treason in Egg ii. 35 A steady middle-of-the-road musician whom they felt they could trust to lead them through the morasses of contemporary music.] 1959 Times 23 Sept. 13/6 The Polish composer Spisak..has..been represented..by middle-of-the-road music of unpretentious amiability. 1969 Harper's Mag. Sept. 24 Some soft-rock groups..have invaded the middle-of-the road market themselves. 1975 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 29 Nov. 45/3 Pop and so-called MOR (middle-of-the-road) [record] sales are down. 1982 A. Barr & P. York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 25/1 William Bartholomew of Juliana's Discotheque knows you like middle-of-the-road songs. 1991 She May 80/2 Rossini is great, middle-of-the-road stuff, and so are the better-known Puccini operas, La Boheme, Tosca and Madame Butterfly. 1998 Independent 7 May ii. 7/2 After masterminding Brazilian flavoured middle-of-the-road sounds for Sixties and Seventies crooners, Valle has now become the hippest thing on the block. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1891
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