middle-of-the-roadism

noun

Definition of middle-of-the-roadismnext
as in sacrifice

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  1. sacrifice
  2. frugality
  3. mortification
  4. asceticism
  5. self-denial
  6. austerity
  7. self-discipline
  8. restraint
Noun
  • It’s taken a lot of sacrifice on many fronts to be my best self.
    Curtis Odom, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The focus must remain on Officer Martinez, his loved ones, and the CPD as our city continues to honor his ultimate sacrifice and legacy of service.
    Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of sacrifice
Noun
  • The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Plagued by global pandemics and industry-wide strikes, Hollywood has experienced an unprecedented era of frugality in the past few years.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of frugality
Noun
  • Soundscapes of the Silenced In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Sylvie saves everyone from further mortification by picking up the check.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of mortification
Noun
  • And, for a population just one generation removed from near-universal poverty, Western celebrations of India’s mystical asceticism hold little appeal.
    Peter Martin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Apr. 2015
  • Louise tells tales of drunkenness, asceticism, death.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of asceticism
Noun
  • Loneliness gets to the heart of the spiritual dissatisfaction and self-denial seen post-Covid and in both the pro-Hamas and pro–George Floyd rioting.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024
  • Crace transports readers 2,000 years into the past to a stark Biblical landscape full of visceral encounters, violence, self-denial, and possible miracles.
    Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
Definition of self-denial
Noun
  • Union has a more obvious narrative drive, but retains some of that sense of momentous austerity.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Years of deficit spending and a new Republican majority in the House cast a cloud of budget austerity over Congress.
    Kenneth Evans, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of austerity
Noun
  • During today’s Scorpio new moon, diligence and self-discipline set you on track for professional success.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Dillon is a well-rounded young man who has the self-discipline to be involved in many different activities.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of self-discipline
Noun
  • The combination of these two attributes offered each side a sense of psychological security and common consensus, allowing for the informed restraint of lethality.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The Business Combination Agreement includes conditions such as the absence of any legal restraint preventing the consummation of the transactions and the effectiveness of the Registration Statement/Proxy Statement under the Securities Act.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of restraint
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middle-of-the-roaders

middle-of-the-roadism

middler

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