All moderatism synonyms

noun moderatism

• abnegation — a giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation
• abstemiousness — sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
• asceticism — Asceticism is a simple, strict way of life with no luxuries or physical pleasures.
• astringency — An astringent taste.
• austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
• conservatism — Conservatism is a political philosophy which believes that if changes need to be made to society, they should be made gradually. You can also refer to the political beliefs of a conservative party in a particular country as Conservatism.
• constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
• continence — self-restraint; moderation
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• discretion — the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
• forbearance — the act of forbearing; a refraining from something.
• forgoing — to abstain or refrain from; do without.
• frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
• measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
• moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
• moderation — the quality of being moderate; restraint; avoidance of extremes or excesses; temperance.
• mortification — a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.
• prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
• prudence — a female given name.
• reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
• self-control — control or restraint of oneself or one's actions, feelings, etc.
• self-denial — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
• self-discipline — discipline and training of oneself, usually for improvement: Acquiring the habit of promptness requires self-discipline.
• soberness — not intoxicated or drunk.
• sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
• stoicism — a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 b.c., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature.
• teetotalism — the principle or practice of total abstinence from intoxicating drink.
• eschewal — The act of eschewing.
• golden mean — the perfect moderate course or position that avoids extremes; the happy medium.
• happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
• refrainment — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• self-deprivation — the act of depriving.
• temperance — moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
• abstinence — Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
• dryness — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.