Meaning of middle way | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The middle of three paths.
2. An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise.
3. The teaching of the Buddha of neither living in great excess nor in great asceticism.
4. The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.

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Examples

“Obama's choice, according to McChrystal, a former special forces commander, boils down to this: Escalate or evacuate, get on or get out; there is no middle way that does not invite calamity on a grand scale.”

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