soft-liner

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soft-liner

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From soft + line + -er, modelled on hard-liner.

noun soft-liners

rare A person who holds a moderate position and may be willing to compromise, as opposed to a hard-liner. At this node the soft-liners must decide whether to do nothing and stick with the status quo or to open up the political regime.

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"soft-liner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/soft-liner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{soft_liner_2026,
  title = {soft-liner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft-liner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}