third wayn.

Brit.

/ˌθəːd ˈweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈˌθərd ˈweɪ/

Forms: Also (in sense 2) with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: third adj. and n., way n.¹ and int.¹

Etymology: < third adj. and n. + way n.¹ and int.¹

1. A way of thinking or a solution to a problem that takes an alternative or middle course with respect to two pre-existing or traditional approaches.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course

middle way?c1225

midwayc1451

golden mean1541

middle course1579

mid-course1603

middle path1606

third way1638

midstream1670

middle line1692

middle road1759

mid-ground1825

juste milieu1831

via media1834

middle ground1961

1638 C. Aleyn Hist. Henrie 7th 2164 Once by the Samnites when the Hoast of Rome, Was streight encompas'd: one did thus advise; Or slay them all, or send them fairely home. Shunne the third way.

1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid iv. 61 Sall not I sheath my Sword in that Man's breast, Who has into my bosome flung Fire,..Not to be quench'd but either in thy blood, Or her fruition; there's no third way? yes, I'l marry her.

1721 E. Young Revenge iv. i. 47 You cannot dye; nor can you Murder her. What then remains? In Nature no Third Way, But to forget, and so to love again.

1844 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 574 Between these extreme courses lay a third way.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. i. 24 Will you marry your child, or bury her, for there is no third way, sith shame and love they do rend her virgin heart to death.

1900 N. Amer. Rev. May 636 A third way would be for Great Britain to consult neither China nor the other Powers, but to establish herself suddenly in the part she seeks for her own.

1949 H. F. Mins tr. G. Lukács in R. W. Sellars et al. Philos. for Future 572 Modern phenomenology is one of the..philosophical methods which seek to rise above both idealism and materialism by discovering a philosophical ‘third way’, by making intuition the true source of knowledge.

1999 Women's Rev. Bks. (Electronic ed.) 1 Feb. When suffragists split into warring camps in the 1920s, Blatch rejected ‘both “equality” and “difference” as unsatisfactory standards for a postsuffrage feminist program’. Instead, she articulated a ‘third way’ that eschewed the ‘blanket equality’ of the Equal Rights Amendment.

2. Politics and Political Economy. A middle way between conventional right- and left-wing ideologies or policies; an ideology founded on political centrism or neutrality.In the 1990s the ‘third way’ became identified with the political programmes of centre-left parties in Western Europe and North America, characterized by both a market-driven economic policy and a concern for social justice. The ‘third way’ in this context is frequently claimed to be an alternative to, rather than a compromise between, conventional right- and left-wing ideologies.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course > adoption of

commoderation1607

via-medialism1881

centrism1923

third way1935

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > other political theories or doctrines

white supremacy1824

gradualism1835

reformism1838

restrictionism1840

mutualism1842

new politics1844

perpetualism1849

economism1850

progressivism1855

possibilism1883

radicalism1899

maximalism1909

radical feminism1912

Eurasianism1922

communalism1923

los von Rom1923

voluntarism1924

exceptionalism1929

third way1935

cultural Marxism1938

quislingism1940

identitarianism1943

libertarianism1948

one-worldism1948

renewalism1965

ecologism1969

Third Worldism1970

ecofeminism1980

communitarian1984

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end > other spec.

root and branch reform1822

meat-axe1831

root and branch policy1837

third way1935

scare tactic1967

1935 A. Guérard in Virginia Q. Rev. 11 10 Nations are..offered the hard choice: ‘Liberty’ through hopeless muddling, ‘Order’ through rigorous regimentation... There must be a Third Way.

1947 S. Cloete Third Way v. 55 There is no middle course to be steered between fascism and communism. There is only something completely new—a third way which, though it may take something from both, as it must..—will resemble neither.

1950 K. Mannheim Freedom, Power, & Democratic Planning Pref. [This book] proposes a Third Way incorporating the painful experiences of the last decades into a new pattern of democracy.

1969 World Politics 21 558 [The French Communist Party] stressed the importance of a united left,..and warned repeatedly against the temptation for some parts of the Federation to renew the ‘third way’ politics of a left and center alliance.

1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 518/3 DC politicians' past emphasis on centrismo and the ‘third way’ in economic policy should be seen as a tactical response.

1994 Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 20/5 Poles and Ukrainians, both romantic nations, continue to talk about the Third Way between socialism and capitalism.

1998 N.Y. Times 19 July 15/1 This ‘third way’ strategy, championed by Mr. Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, is founded on the notion that political parties should not feel limited to the traditional right or left approach to governing.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	third way
释义	third wayn. Brit. /ˌθəːd ˈweɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌθərd ˈweɪ/ Forms: Also (in sense 2) with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: third adj. and n., way n.¹ and int.¹ Etymology: < third adj. and n. + way n.¹ and int.¹ 1. A way of thinking or a solution to a problem that takes an alternative or middle course with respect to two pre-existing or traditional approaches. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course middle way?c1225 midwayc1451 golden mean1541 middle course1579 mid-course1603 middle path1606 third way1638 midstream1670 middle line1692 middle road1759 mid-ground1825 juste milieu1831 via media1834 middle ground1961 1638 C. Aleyn Hist. Henrie 7th 2164 Once by the Samnites when the Hoast of Rome, Was streight encompas'd: one did thus advise; Or slay them all, or send them fairely home. Shunne the third way. 1663 R. Stapleton Slighted Maid iv. 61 Sall not I sheath my Sword in that Man's breast, Who has into my bosome flung Fire,..Not to be quench'd but either in thy blood, Or her fruition; there's no third way? yes, I'l marry her. 1721 E. Young Revenge iv. i. 47 You cannot dye; nor can you Murder her. What then remains? In Nature no Third Way, But to forget, and so to love again. 1844 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 574 Between these extreme courses lay a third way. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth III. i. 24 Will you marry your child, or bury her, for there is no third way, sith shame and love they do rend her virgin heart to death. 1900 N. Amer. Rev. May 636 A third way would be for Great Britain to consult neither China nor the other Powers, but to establish herself suddenly in the part she seeks for her own. 1949 H. F. Mins tr. G. Lukács in R. W. Sellars et al. Philos. for Future 572 Modern phenomenology is one of the..philosophical methods which seek to rise above both idealism and materialism by discovering a philosophical ‘third way’, by making intuition the true source of knowledge. 1999 Women's Rev. Bks. (Electronic ed.) 1 Feb. When suffragists split into warring camps in the 1920s, Blatch rejected ‘both “equality” and “difference” as unsatisfactory standards for a postsuffrage feminist program’. Instead, she articulated a ‘third way’ that eschewed the ‘blanket equality’ of the Equal Rights Amendment. 2. Politics and Political Economy. A middle way between conventional right- and left-wing ideologies or policies; an ideology founded on political centrism or neutrality.In the 1990s the ‘third way’ became identified with the political programmes of centre-left parties in Western Europe and North America, characterized by both a market-driven economic policy and a concern for social justice. The ‘third way’ in this context is frequently claimed to be an alternative to, rather than a compromise between, conventional right- and left-wing ideologies. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course > adoption of commoderation1607 via-medialism1881 centrism1923 third way1935 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > other political theories or doctrines white supremacy1824 gradualism1835 reformism1838 restrictionism1840 mutualism1842 new politics1844 perpetualism1849 economism1850 progressivism1855 possibilism1883 radicalism1899 maximalism1909 radical feminism1912 Eurasianism1922 communalism1923 los von Rom1923 voluntarism1924 exceptionalism1929 third way1935 cultural Marxism1938 quislingism1940 identitarianism1943 libertarianism1948 one-worldism1948 renewalism1965 ecologism1969 Third Worldism1970 ecofeminism1980 communitarian1984 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end > other spec. root and branch reform1822 meat-axe1831 root and branch policy1837 third way1935 scare tactic1967 1935 A. Guérard in Virginia Q. Rev. 11 10 Nations are..offered the hard choice: ‘Liberty’ through hopeless muddling, ‘Order’ through rigorous regimentation... There must be a Third Way. 1947 S. Cloete Third Way v. 55 There is no middle course to be steered between fascism and communism. There is only something completely new—a third way which, though it may take something from both, as it must..—will resemble neither. 1950 K. Mannheim Freedom, Power, & Democratic Planning Pref. [This book] proposes a Third Way incorporating the painful experiences of the last decades into a new pattern of democracy. 1969 World Politics 21 558 [The French Communist Party] stressed the importance of a united left,..and warned repeatedly against the temptation for some parts of the Federation to renew the ‘third way’ politics of a left and center alliance. 1990 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 May 518/3 DC politicians' past emphasis on centrismo and the ‘third way’ in economic policy should be seen as a tactical response. 1994 Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 20/5 Poles and Ukrainians, both romantic nations, continue to talk about the Third Way between socialism and capitalism. 1998 N.Y. Times 19 July 15/1 This ‘third way’ strategy, championed by Mr. Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, is founded on the notion that political parties should not feel limited to the traditional right or left approach to governing. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas third way third way n. (also Third Way) used in a variety of contexts to designate a third possible ideology or solution to a problem (see quots.). ΚΠ 1949 H. F. Mins tr. G. Lukács in R. W. Sellars et al. Philos. for Future 572 Modern phenomenology is one of the..philosophical methods which seek to rise above both idealism and materialism by discovering a philosophical ‘third way’, by making intuition the true source of knowledge. 1972 Times 13 Aug. 16/2 At present, the only possible alternative route for the big tanker lies some 1,200 miles to the south... The idea of a ‘third way’, as it is often called here, could be attractive to the Japanese. extracted from thirdadj.adv.n. < n.1638 as lemmas
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