balancer
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈbælənʃər/
:
equilibrador
- The U.S. role in Asia should be that of a regional balancer, replicating the role played by the United Kingdom in intra-European politics during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Examples
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Moreover, NATO has persisted despite arguments that an independent Europe should be a "balancer" between the United States and Russia, or China, or even Japan.
Academic text (1998) -
Both the United Kingdom and the United States have traditionally been offshore balancers who have been pulled into great-power conflicts only when there has been a potential regional hegemon that other parties could not contain by themselves.
Academic text (2001) -
Today, the United States continues to be the world's power balancer of choice.
Academic text (2010) -
It is the only regional balancer against China in Asia, Russia in Eastern Europe, and Iran in the Middle East.
Academic text (2010) -
And the New Party may well play the role of the balancer, thereby further enhancing its influence on the policymaking process.
Academic text (1996) -
Offshore balancers do not provoke balancing coalitions against themselves; indeed, their main mission is to help balance against others.
Academic text (2001) -
These rival agencies made the EPB a critical balancer that could decisively reshape economic policy by flexibly changing its allies.
Academic text (1992) -
In pursuit of this goal, the United States has behaved as an offshore balancer, committing troops to Europe and Northeast Asia only when there was a potential hegemon in those neighborhoods that the local powers could not contain by themselves.
Academic text (2001) -
It must be the promoter and guarantor of greater and broader unity in the West, and it must be the balancer and conciliator between the major powers in the East.
Academic text (2012) -
The tightrope walker used a long pole as a balancer to help maintain her stability while crossing.
Synonyms
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2.8
A tool that measures weight, like a scale
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5.3
A weight that balances another weight in machines like cranes or elevators
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4.1
A device or material that keeps something steady, for example a tripod
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5.4
A weight that balances a machine or object to keep it steady
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3.8
A person or thing that moves something to the right position
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5.3
A weight or tool that makes two sides level on a beam
A person or machine that moves parts into the correct position
Antonyms
How Stable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Balancer comes from balance and the ending -er, and balance means 'even' or 'stable' like a set of 'scales'. So a balancer is a person or thing that keeps something steady or level.