English Explanatory Dictionary

middle way

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The middle of three paths.
  2. An intermediate course (of action, policy etc) between two extremes; a compromise.
  3. The teaching of the Buddha of neither living in great excess nor in great asceticism.
  4. The midpoint of a person's life; middle age.

Word forms

middle way middle ways

Etymology

From middle + way. Compare Dutch middelweg, German Mittelweg; compare also Latin via media.

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