MODERATIONIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moderationist mean? 

• MODERATIONIST (noun)
  The noun MODERATIONIST has 2 senses:

1. a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)

2. a person who takes a position in the political center

  Familiarity information: MODERATIONIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MODERATIONIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("moderationist" is a kind of...):

drinker; imbiber; juicer; toper (a person who drinks alcoholic beverages (especially to excess))

Derivation:

moderation (the trait of avoiding excesses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who takes a position in the political center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

centrist; middle of the roader; moderate; moderationist

Hypernyms ("moderationist" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Holonyms ("moderationist" is a member of...):

center (politically moderate persons; centrists)