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Meaning of third way | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of third way.
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  3. An ideology which seeks to find middle ground between right- and left-wing politics, associated during the 1990s with various centre-left political parties in Europe, North America, and Australia.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, way.

Equivalents

Examples

“It is a place of no compromise, thought Guillam, a place of no third way.”
“He believes the left must be radical—the opposite of the social democratic left or “Third Way” politics espoused by Bill Clinton and later Tony Blair, which he says betrayed the people to side with big business and the wealthy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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