conservatism
UK/kənˈsɜːvətɪzəm/US/kənˈsɝvətɪzəm/
conservatism noun: a political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
Noun
conservatism (countable and uncountable, plural conservatisms)
- A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
- Oddly, with the liberals and radicals in power in NSW, the conservatives realized that a nominated upper house was no longer a bastion of conservatism and some began to call for an elected legislative council.2009, Jack P. Greene, Exclusionary Empire: English Liberty Overseas, 1600-1900, page 240
- A risk-averse attitude or approach.
conservatism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
conservatism in Hindi
- political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement
- रूढ़िवाद rūṛhivād
conservatism in Tamil
- political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement
- பழைமைவாதம் paḻaimaivātam
conservatism in Marathi
- पुराणमतवाद, रूढीवादीपणा
conservatism in Urdu
- قدامت پسندی, کنزرویٹزم, کنزرویٹیزم
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- conservatism in Bengali
- রক্ষণশীলতাবাদ rokkhonośiltabad
- conservatism in Malayalam
- യാഥാസ്ഥിതികത്വം yāthāsthitikatvaṁ
- conservatism in Kannada
- ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕತೆ, ಮಡಿವಂತಿಕೆ, ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯವಾದ
- conservatism in Punjabi
- ਰੂਡ਼੍ਹੀਵਾਦ
- conservatism in Gujarati
- રૂઢિચુસ્તતા, રૂઢિચુસ્તતાવાદ, રૂઢિચુસ્તવાદ
- conservatism in Odia
- ରକ୍ଷଣଶୀଳତା, ରକ୍ଷଣଶୀଳତାବାଦ
- conservatism in Sinhala
- කොන්සවේටිව්වාදය konsawēṭiwwādaya
- conservatism in Nepali
- रूढीवाद, रूढिवाद, रूढ़िवाद
- conservatism in Tagalog
- panininggal
- conservatism in Arabic
- سِيَاسَة مُحَافِظَة siyāsa muḥāfiẓa, فِكْر مُحَافِظ fikr muḥāfiẓ
- conservatism in Malay
- konservatisme, faham konservatif
- conservatism in Persian
- محافظهکاری mohâfeze-kâri
- conservatism in Thai
- อนุรักษนิยม à-nú-rák-sà-ní-yom
- conservatism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa bảo thủ
- conservatism in Myanmar
- ရှေးရိုးစွဲဝါဒ hre:rui:cwai:wada.
Examples of conservatism in a sentence
- Aspects of social conservatism that reactionary Christians and reactionary Muslims have in common explain why Western social conservatives' political opponents have sometimes called them Y'all Qaeda.
- What folks call “alt-Right” simply names a spirit lurking in American conservatism.
- He asks us to “criticize the field of Jewish studies for both its antiquitarianism and conservatism.”
Synonyms of conservatism
Forms of conservatism
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Origin of conservatism
Either irregularly from conservative + -ism or from conservate + -ism; ultimately from Latin cōnservāre (“to conserve; to keep, guard, observe”).
Words formed from conservatism
Questions about conservatism
- What does conservatism mean?
- Conservatism means a political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
- What is conservatism in Hindi?
- Conservatism in Hindi is रूढ़िवाद (rūṛhivād). See Conservatism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is conservatism?
- Conservatism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce conservatism?
- Conservatism is pronounced /kənˈsɜːvətɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of conservatism?
- The plural of conservatism is conservatisms.
Words near conservatism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: conservatism (page history and authors); conservatism (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conservatism (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conservatism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conservatism (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conservatism (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conservatism (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); conservatism (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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