# third way

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An approach or solution which strives for an alternative to or middle ground between two opposing viewpoints.
2. 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.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, way.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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