alt-center
alt-center 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.
Noun
alt-center (uncountable)
- 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.
- 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...2016 December 16, Sam Kriss, “The Rise of the Alt-Center”, in Slate
- Now there's been a spate of stories talking about the "alt-left" and even the "alt-center."2017 March 22, Baynard Woods, “The Kids Are Alt-Right”, in Salt Lake City Weekly
- Synonyms:
- alt-middle
Synonyms of alt-center
Forms of alt-center
| alternative form | alt-centre |
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Origin of alt-center
From alt- + center, an abbreviated form of alternative center, modelled on alt-right and alt-left.
Questions about alt-center
- What does alt-center mean?
- Alt-center means 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.
- What part of speech is alt-center?
- Alt-center is a noun.
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