ドーク

noun

moderates; centrists

Obsolete political term borrowed from English 'dawk', a blend of 'dove' and 'hawk', used to refer to people with moderate views between doves and hawks.

from English dawk (dove + hawk)

• 冷れい戦せん時じ代だいの政せい治じ評ひょう論ろんでは、ドークという言こと葉ばが穏おん健けん派はを指さして使つかわれたことがある。

  In Cold War-era political commentary, the word 'dawk' was sometimes used to refer to moderates.