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Overton window

Noun

Meaning

Overton window (plural Overton windows)

The range of ideas that the public will accept, i.e. those ideas that are not considered too extreme or radical.
Synonym: window of discourse

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

“Moving away from policing as we know it would take time, funding priority changes, and a shift in the Overton window of possibility. Source: Internet

For those of us with a worldview outside the political mainstream the important question is how we can best move the Overton window toward where we want society to be. Source: Internet

The Overton window (spectrum of acceptability) in the public mind makes fartoo many people think that voting left of conservative is equal to electing a cat. Source: Internet

" was a joke, at best an Overton Window expanding exercise. Source: Internet

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