In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who holds an intermediate position between two viewpoints, neither to be extreme or radical by those applying the term. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos The word "moderate" can also be used as an adjective describing such a position. In Grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a Noun or Pronoun, giving more information about the

Politics

In politics, a moderate is an individual who holds the middle position between those generally classified as being left-wing or liberal and those seen as right-wing or conservative. In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined An alternate definition, and one widely held among swing voters, is that a moderate is one who has firm convictions on all issues, yet some convictions fall just to the left of the spectrum and some fall just to the right.

Political moderates usually seek conciliation between the views of various political parties, and often take positions partially derived from opposite views. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral For example, political moderates might not support the end of private property in the way advocated by Marxists, but they also might not support laissez-faire capitalism. Property is any physical or virtual entity that is owned by an individual Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Laissez-faire ( pronunciation: French,; English,) is a French phrase literally meaning Let do (“allow to do” Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where

"Moderate" is by definition a relative term, since the position considered moderate depends on the nature of the two (or more) competing ideologies that the moderates are trying to conciliate. As such, the moderates in one country often do not share the views of moderates in other countries. Even within the same country or community, the position considered "moderate" changes over time. For example, in the Southern United States during the first half of the 19th century, supporting slavery was considered a sensible and moderate view to hold. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another Today, in the same geographical area, supporting slavery is considered dangerous and unacceptable extremism.

In Sweden, Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet) is the name of the traditional right-wing party. This article refers to the Swedish political party for the group that dominated the Church of Scotland in the 18th century see Moderate Party (Scotland Thus the Swedish word "moderat" does not have the same political meaning as the word moderate has in English, although, from an international viewpoint, the basic meaning still applies.

See also

• Centrism