Usually means: Balance between two extreme points.
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  1. happy medium: Merriam-Webster
  2. happy medium: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. happy medium: Collins English Dictionary
  4. happy medium: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. happy medium: Wiktionary
  6. happy medium: Dictionary.com
  7. happy medium: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. happy medium: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (happy medium)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A balanced position between two opposite extremes.

Similar:
medium, mixed picture, half and half, best of both worlds, balance, equilibrium, balancing act, double-edged sword, two-way street, pendulum, more...

Opposite:
extremes, imbalance, polarization, dichotomy

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Similar:
medium, mixed picture, half and half, best of both worlds, balance, equilibrium, balancing act, double-edged sword, two-way street, pendulum, more...

Opposite:
extremes, imbalance, polarization, dichotomy



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