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Noun: moderationist  ,mó-du'rey-shu-nist
  1. A moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer)
    "The moderationist enjoyed a glass of wine with dinner but never drank to excess"
     
  2. A person who takes a position in the political centre
    "As a moderationist, she often found herself mediating between the two extremes";
    - centrist, middle of the roader, moderate

Derived forms: moderationists

Type of: actor, doer, drinker, imbiber [informal], juicer [N. Amer, informal], soak [informal], sponge [informal], toper [literary], worker

Part of: center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn]