nonextremity

Nonextremity is the state or quality of not being extreme. In ordinary usage, it describes values, attitudes, or positions that lie within a moderate range rather than at the far ends of a spectrum. The term is not a standard technical label in most disciplines but appears in philosophical, sociopolitical, or analytical contexts to emphasize restraint or balance.

Etymology: from non- meaning not and extremity, which can refer either to an extreme point on a scale or to a limb of the body. This dual sense can create ambiguity; in medical language nonextremity might be misconstrued as relating to the torso rather than a limb, while in methodological language it refers to non-extreme data points.

In ethics and political discourse, nonextremity connotes moderation, avoidance of radical positions, and alignment with centrist or consensus-based policies. In stylistic or rhetorical analysis, it may describe an approach that eschews sensational or extreme claims in favor of measured language.

In statistics or data analysis, nonextremity can describe data values that are not extreme or outliers; the concept is more commonly expressed with terms such as central tendency, median, or nonoutlier. The use of nonextremity as a formal category is uncommon and may be defined ad hoc in a given study.

See also: moderation, centrism, extremity, median, outlier.