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Conservatism

Conservatism Meaning & Definition
Conservatism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Conservatism?

[n] a political orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

Synonyms | Synonyms for Conservatism: conservativism

Related Terms | Find terms related to Conservatism: abnegation | abstinence | backwardness | calm | calmness | conservativeness | constraint | continence | control | cool | dispassion | evenness | fogyism | gentleness | golden mean | happy medium | impartiality | judiciousness | juste-milieu | laissez-faireism | lenity | meden agan | middle way | mildness | moderateness | moderation | moderationism | neutrality | nonviolence | nothing in excess | old school tie | old-fashionedness | pacifism | political conservatism | prudence | repose | resistance to change | restraint | rightism | self-abnegation | self-control | self-denial | self-restraint | serenity | sobriety | stability | standpattism | steadiness | temperance | temperateness | tranquillity | ultraconservatism | unexcessiveness | unextravagance | unextremeness | unprogressiveness | via media

See Also | ideology | political orientation | political theory | reaction

Conservatism In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*serv"a*tism\, n. [For conservatism.] The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

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