Idiom
golden mean
Meaning
A position of balance between excess and deficiency.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She tries to find the golden mean between work and rest.”
“The manager sought the golden mean, giving clear direction without micromanaging her team.”
“In his philosophy, virtue was not an extreme but the golden mean — courage lay between recklessness and cowardice.”
Examples
simple
“She tries to find the golden mean between work and rest.”
contextual
“The manager sought the golden mean, giving clear direction without micromanaging her team.”
complex
“In his philosophy, virtue was not an extreme but the golden mean — courage lay between recklessness and cowardice.”
Origin
Calque of Latin aurea mediocritās.
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