political spectrum

English

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.
   • 2011, Chloe Spencer, Determining Your Place on the Political Spectrum, Huffpost:

     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.

See also

• anarchism
• communism
• socialism
• liberalism
• centrism
• conservatism
• fascism
• Nazism