Meanings
nounpolitical spectrum (countable and uncountable, plural political spectra or political spectrums)
plural political spectra · plural political spectrums
- countableuncountableThe 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
Translations
Catalan espectre polític
- espectre políticvarious political viewpoints
Chinese Mandarin 政治光譜 /政治光谱
- 政治光譜 /政治光谱 (zhèngzhì guāngpǔ)various political viewpoints
Finnish poliittinen kirjo, poliittinen spektri
- poliittinen kirjovarious political viewpoints
- poliittinen spektrivarious political viewpoints
Russian политический спектр
- политический спектр (političeskij spektr)various political viewpoints
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