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political spectrum

political spectrum noun: the various political viewpoints represented as a continuum, ranging from the extreme left to the extreme right.

Noun

political spectrum (countable and uncountable, plural political spectra or political spectrums)

  1. The various political viewpoints represented as a continuum, ranging from the extreme left to the extreme right.
    • Every individual lies somewhere along this political spectrum, but many do not know exactly where they lie, or they label themselves as something that they may not be entirely.2011, Chloe Spencer, “Determining Your Place on the Political Spectrum”, in HuffPost

Forms of political spectrum

pluralpolitical spectra
pluralpolitical spectrums

Questions about political spectrum

What does political spectrum mean?
Political spectrum means the various political viewpoints represented as a continuum, ranging from the extreme left to the extreme right.
What part of speech is political spectrum?
Political spectrum is a noun.
What is the plural of political spectrum?
The plural of political spectrum is political spectra.

Words near political spectrum in the dictionary

  1. political science
  2. political sciences
  3. political scientist
  4. political scientists
  5. political spectra
  6. political spectrum
  7. political spectrums
  8. political system
  9. political systems
  10. political unit
  11. political units

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