Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alt-center

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: al-t--cen-ter
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A set of centrist ideologies, especially those that delegitimize political dissent and sometimes rely on conspiracy theories, and whose presence is mainly confined to the Internet.

Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"If Trump’s devoted hype squad of pustulent, oleaginous neo-Nazis can now be euphemized as the “alt-right,” the Eichenwalds and Jefferys of the world might have turned themselves into something similar: an alt-center, pushing its own failed political doctrine with all the same vehemence, idiocy, and spleen."
"Now there's been a spate of stories talking about the "alt-left" and even the "alt-center.""
"Instead, pundits dismiss the idea of elites as such by trafficking in this silly, alt-center notion that the left and right are chasing equally fictitious boogeymen."

Etymology

From alt- + center, an abbreviated form of alternative center, modelled on alt-right and alt-left.

Usage

Inflected Forms

alt-centre (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

alt-left alt-right alt-light radical centrism

Synonyms

alt-middle

Questions

What does alt-center mean?: A set of centrist ideologies, especially those that delegitimize political dissent and sometimes rely on conspiracy theories, and whose presence is mainly confined to the Internet.
Where does alt-center come from?: From alt- + center, an abbreviated form of alternative center, modelled on alt-right and alt-left.

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