Dictionary Definition
moderation
Noun
1 quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
[syn: moderateness]
[ant: immoderation]
3 the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: temperance] [ant: intemperance]
4 the action of lessening in severity or
intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic
depressions"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun
moderation- the state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes
- America is a model of force and freedom and moderation - with all the coarseness and rudeness of its people. –Lord Byron
- a change which improves quality
- something which avoids excesses
- an instance of moderating; to bring away
from extremes
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. –Aristotle
- self-control
- My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation! –Robert Clive
- supervision; mediation
- The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.
Translations
the state or quality of being moderate;
avoidance of extremes
- Finnish: maltillisuus
a change which improves quality
something which avoids excesses
- Finnish: kohtuus
an instance of moderating; to bring away from
extremes
self-control
supervision; mediation
Extensive Definition
Moderation is the process of eliminating or
lessening extremes. It is used to ensure normality
throughout the medium on which it is being conducted. Common uses
of moderation include:
- Ensuring consistency and accuracy in the marking of student assessments.
- A moderator may remove unsuitable contributions from the website, forum or IRC channel they represent in accordance with their moderation system.
- A more proactive nuance is found in the Methodist church's use of the term for the heads of its conferences.
- A neutron moderator is used to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.
- A way of life started at The American School In Japan by Chaiken of Biology. This lifestyle emphasizes perfect amounts of everything, not indulging in too much of one thing, hence moderation.
Moderation is also a principle of life. In
ancient Greece, the temple of Apollo at Delphi bore the
inscription Meden Agan - 'Nothing in excess'. Doing something "in
moderation" means not doing it excessively. For instance, someone
who moderates their food consumption tries to eat all food groups,
but limits their intake of those that may cause deleterious effects
to harmless levels. Similarly in Christianity,
moderationism is the position that drinking alcoholic
beverages temperately is permissible, though drunkenness is forbidden
(see Christianity
and alcohol).
Moderation comes from moderatio [lat.].
Moderation is used in many countries (e.g. Germany) in stead of
facilitation. It
means to lead groups. Facilitation of Change-Projects, Facilitation
of Teambuilding Processes and Facilitation for Conflict Management.
http://www.moderatio.de/biz/englisch/note_facilitation.pdf A short
overview.
moderation in German: Moderation
moderation in Spanish: Moderación
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abnegation, boundary, bounds, center, compromise, confinement, constraint, continence, denial, discipline, fence, forbearance, frugality, golden mean,
gravity, half measures,
half-and-half measures, halfway measures, happy medium, limit, limitation, mean, measure, medium, middle course, middle
ground, middle way, moderateness, neutral
ground, nothing in excess, prescription, proscription, qualification, renouncement, renunciation, restrain, restraint, restriction, sedateness, self-control,
self-denial, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-restraint,
seriousness,
sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, sophrosyne, staidness, temperance, temperateness, via
media