conservativism
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- noun
- /kənˈsɜrvəˌtɪvɪzəm/
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conservadurismo
- The political party's platform is rooted in conservativism, emphasizing the need to protect traditional values.
So is this guy Dimitri Anteo, who has become sort of the face of, like, young cultural conservativism?
- So is this guy Dimitri Anteo, who has become sort of the face of, like, young cultural conservativism?
- He's terrible and he is one of the front men for a kind of form of national conservativism, which on economic policies is terrible.
- And most likely that conservativism really emerges from having been an embryologist.
Examples
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Decoupling religious conservativism from both parties might actually be the best way to have our views seriously considered, rather than having the GOP leaders take our votes for granted.
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For example, Stiles brought traditional Oklahoma conservativism to the race, with an extremely right-of-center social outlook and a focus on protecting business interests.
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I know that was then and this is now, but there is still a core conservativism on many social issues, and the actors know it.
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Though the clothing might imply cultural conservativism, this appears not to have been intended by the artist.
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He's terrible and he is one of the front men for a kind of form of national conservativism, which on economic policies is terrible.
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He invented American conservativism, at least the modern form of it.
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This is how I know that Weyrich's new conservativism is a pipe dream.
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Of late, the thing that calls itself "conservativism" shows a serious distaste for facts, which should give you pause... should it not?
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Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, is renowned for its conservativism.
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Von Lemke represents, like I said, a certain kind of conservativism, meaning he stands for, for order and maintaining, you know, the status hierarchy.
Synonyms
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A belief in keeping traditional values and avoiding quick change
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Valuing old customs and ways, especially in religion and culture
A preference for traditional values and slow political or social change
A political belief in tradition and slow change
Support for political ideas that keep traditions and let businesses act freely
Antonyms
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A political belief that values individual freedom, equal rights, limited government, free markets, and social progress
How Conservative
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Surface Forms
Morphology
conservativism = conservative (transparent) = conservative + ism
Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ism' to the adjective 'conservative', yielding the ideology or doctrine of conservatives, which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Conservativism comes from the Latin word conservare, which means 'to keep' or 'to preserve' and is the same root as the English verb conserve. So, conservativism is about keeping and protecting old customs and institutions, which is why it opposes big or sudden change.