Moderate

What do we mean by moderate?

Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme. adjective

Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate. adjective

Of medium or average quantity or extent. adjective

Of limited or average quality; mediocre. adjective

Opposed to radical or extreme views or measures, especially in politics or religion. adjective

One who holds or champions moderate views or opinions, especially in politics or religion. noun

To cause to be less extreme, intense, or violent. intransitive verb

To preside over. intransitive verb

To become less extreme, intense, or violent; abate. intransitive verb

To act as a moderator. intransitive verb

To reduce the amount or intensity of; lessen; reduce; restrain; specifically, to reduce from a large amount or great degree to a medium quantity or intensity: as, to moderate the heat of a room; to moderate one's anger, ardor, or passions.

To decide as a moderator; judge.

Synonyms To mitigate, abate, appease, pacify, quiet, assuage, soothe, soften.

To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense: as, the storm begins to moderate.

To preside as a moderator, as at a meeting.

Restrained; temperate; keeping within somewhat restricted limits in action or opinion; avoiding extremes or excess; thinking or acting soberly or temperately: as, to be moderate in all things; a moderate drinker.

Thinking, speaking, or acting with habitual slowness; very deliberate.

Of things, limited in extent, amount, or degree; not extreme, excessive, or remarkable; restricted; medium: as, moderate wealth or poverty; a moderate quantity; moderate opinions or ability; moderate weather or exercise.

Synonyms Moderate, Temperate, reasonable, judicious, mild. When used absolutely, moderate, nearly always refers to a person's temper or opinions, whereas temperate similarly used generally refers to a person's habits in respect to bodily indulgence: a moderate man is one who is not extreme in his views or violent in his sentiments; a temperate man, one who is not addicted to over-indulgence either in eating or in drinking.

One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.

One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.

1) a sane person; 2) someone with a political belief that sits between the two extremes of liberal and conservative, usually combining aspects of both (example: liberal on social issues yet conservative on economic issues); 3) someone who seeks compromise on political issues and as such gets insulted by the two extremes who just don't get the idea that this form of government survives by compromise; 4) someone whose political beliefs seem quiet and mild, and as such always ignored by the media, which seeks out people from the screechy Left and shrill Right because they make for better sound bites. Urban Dictionary

1. By definition, the greatest political alignment on Earth. 2. A person who actually thinks for themselves instead of automatically adhering to all beliefs of a bipartisan system. 3. Someone who views political issues objectively and in a open-minded manner. 4. Someone who is actually willing to listen to another person's viewpoint without completely bashing their ideas. Urban Dictionary

Neither liberal nor conservative. Contrary to popular belief, does NOT imply a political affiliation or lack thereof; someone with no political party is considered an Independent, but can still be very conservative or very liberal. A moderate is merely someone who isn't conservative enough to be on the right, and isn't liberal enough to be on the left. Another popular (and incorrect) belief is that moderates just can't make up their minds. That's as untrue as it gets; I am an independent moderate myself, and I have no trouble making up my mind. I'm just considered moderate because, for example, I am against both abortion AND capital punishment. The former is a conservative view, and the latter is a liberal view. Therefore I am moderate. Urban Dictionary

A person who gets to make fun of bleeding hearts and knee-jerk cryptofascists at the same time. Urban Dictionary

1. A person who, upon hearing the political arguments presented by both of the only two options available in the U.S., decides that both sides are run by crazy fanatics with no concept or reality. Upon realizing this, the moderate also comes to the conclusion that the only way to make progress is to aid both sides of the struggle to both make the favorable changes and fend off the unfavorable. 2. One who thinks before voting. Urban Dictionary

The type of person liberals and conservatives are jealous of because they are the normal political type. Urban Dictionary

(noun) A political orientation, also known as centrist, that seeks a middle road between liberal and conservative, a balanced political outlook. True moderates take varying positions on matters based on independence of thought, though many false moderates are merely timid conservatives or liberals. Urban Dictionary

A political term, referring to a specific person who has metaphorically removed his/her head from the anal cavity and chosen to think and reason for oneself. Moderates do not use partisan propaganda in their logic or rationale; rather, they choose to examine candidates and issues with a logical and critical eye. Moderates will vote for the candidate who they believe will do the least damage and is lesser of two evils (as we know anyone who willingly chooses to become engaged in politics as a career is inherently evil). Moderates and history teachers/majors are the last bastions of the thinking man in modern-day politics. Urban Dictionary

One of the political categories that is inbetween both conservative and liberal, agreeing and disagreeing with both sides. Liberals say they are "open minded" when they really aren't, and conservatives know that they are closed minded, but moderates are open to certain ideas and opinions to both sides, depending on the person and how they feel with each issue. Urban Dictionary

Someone very open-minded that can accept ideas from both Liberals and Conservatives without ending up in a shithole. While Liberals are more asociated with Democrats and Conservatives are asociated with Republicans, Moderates seem to be asociated with the Libertarian party. Urban Dictionary

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