Third way
noun
1.
a political ideology that seeks to combine egalitarian and individualist policies, and elements of socialism and capitalism
(as modifier): Third Way government
noun
a proposed solution that is supposedly more creative than two more obvious ideas or solutions, esp. in politics
Word Origin
from Thomas Aquinas’ Third Way
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