third way
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of third way.
noun
An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints.
noun
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 Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, way.
Example Sentences
- "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."