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middle-of-the-roadˌmiddle-of-the-ˈroad adjective   - He made a direct appeal to middle-of-the-road voters.
- Wilson appealed to middle-of-the-road voters.
- Both were too sensitive about the middle-of-the-road, liberal, humanitarian public.
- Now, their last record was very nice and all the rest but it's very middle-of-the-road stuff.
- The figures are relative to a middle-of-the-road estimate of the course of the economy during the next twenty years.
- The Independent has remained independent from political allegiances though it too favoured a middle-of-the-road political outcome in the 1987 election.
- The President's choice of a middle-of-the-road Republican with a strong record of educational reform received considerable bipartisan approval.
- We grew up in a world of chainstore high fashion, middle-of-the-road revolution, cover-version original pop music.
- We should have had, at best, a continuous middle-of-the-road government which could never have taken radical reforming measures.
moderate beliefs, opinions etc► moderate having opinions or beliefs, especially about politics, that are not extreme and that most people consider reasonable or sensible: · The new church leaders are more moderate in their plans for reform.· The party's moderate leadership wants open relations with the West.· Moderate socialists believe in democratic reform rather than revolution. ► middle-of-the-road not including any extreme or important changes, and keeping to ordinary, safe political aims, especially in order to avoid criticism, opposition, or risk: · He made a direct appeal to middle-of-the-road voters.· Lee described her politics as "middle-of-the-road." ► middle ground the area of political opinion that most people agree about, even if they support different political parties: · The health care proposal holds the middle ground, and reformers hope it will gain support.find a middle ground: · This issue is so important the two parties are going to have to find a middle ground.occupy the middle ground (=support the opinions of the middle ground): · The Social Democrats wanted to occupy the middle ground between the Conservative and Labor parties in Britain. ► the centre British /the center American the area of political opinion between the opinions of the more extreme political parties: · The party has moved towards the centre in recent years.centre-right/centre-left (=having qualities of both the center and the right or left in politics): · He will require the backing of the center-left in order to advance his center-right agenda. 1middle-of-the-road ideas or opinions are not extreme, and so most people are likely to agree with them:  a party offering safe, middle-of-the-road policies2middle-of-the-road voters or politicians have ideas that are not extreme3informal ordinary and not new, different, or exciting: Their first album was quite good, but the second was very middle-of-the-road stuff. |