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How to use conservatism in a sentence

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Conservatism means a political philosophy that advocates traditional values. Example: “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.”

Examples of conservatism by meaning

nounA 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

More sentences with conservatism

  • 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.From the entry social conservatism
  • What folks call “alt-Right” simply names a spirit lurking in American conservatism.2021 December 14, Paul Elliott Johnson, I the People: The Rhetoric of Conservative Populism in the United States, University of Alabama…. From the entry the call is coming from inside the house
  • He asks us to “criticize the field of Jewish studies for both its antiquitarianism and conservatism.”2015, David A. Wacks, “1. Diaspora Studies for Sephardic Culture”, in Double Diaspora in Sephardic Literature: Jewish Cultural Production…. From the entry antiquitarianism
  • Despite being a raging liberal, he was always mindful of my pretention-fueled, Fox Newsian conservatism.2014, Amy D. Brooks, My Name is Amelia, and I'm a Sociopath, page 15. From the entry Fox Newsian
  • His own fiscal conservatism, he says, is evident in the antistatus cars in the driveway.2007 January 5, Robin Finn, “A Downstate Deal Maker as Driven as His Boss”, in New York Times. From the entry antistatus
  • Thus communist tendencies would be consistent with toughminded radicalism while fascism would be characterised by toughminded conservatism.2001, Keith Tones, Sylvia Tilford, Health Promotion: Effectiveness, Efficiency and Equity, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry toughminded
  • On both counts, the conservatism of the Hagenaars wins our heartfelt gratitude.1988, Alan Davidson, “A Dutch Treat”, in A Kipper With My Tea: Selected Food Essays, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, part one (A Personal…. From the entry Hagenaar
  • But part of Reagan's self-imposed mandate is to show that his conservatism has a broad reach.1982 February 1, Laurence I. Barrett, “The White House Sensitivity Gap”, in Time. From the entry raise someone's consciousness
  • They are thankful for a group of advertisers dedicated to conservatism, the soft sell and generic namesmanship!1960, The New England Journal of Medicine - Volume 263, Part 2, page 1090. From the entry namesmanship
  • International necessities are rapidly breaking down old prejudices and conservatisms, while developing cosmopolite feeling.1921, Lafcadio Hearn, Karma and Other Stories and Essays, London: George G. Harrap & Co, page 166. From the entry cosmopolite
  • Her conservatism is not affirmative but unindignant, passive.2014, Michael S. Schmidt, The Novel. From the entry unindignant
  • I do not challenge the conservatism of this Administration.1981 July 23, Vernon Jordan, New York Times, page 17. From the entry compassionate conservatism
  • Bloch maintains that his attacks on capitalism have nothing to do with romantic conservatism, but in fact they are closely linked.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford…. From the entry linked
  • The present conservatism of human ethology is nevertheless useful for it is providing us with a sound bank of empirical data.1977, Jerome H. Barkow, “Human ethology and intra-individual systems”, in Social Science Information, volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 142. From the entry pithecomorphic
  • There is in Canadian political, business, and social life a certain formality and conservatism that reflect this fact.1971, John W. Berry, Gerald J. S. Wilde, Social Psychology of Canada: An Annotated Bibliography, page 9. From the entry mediocrat
  • This conservatism has its regrettable side, of course.1971, John W. Berry, Gerald J. S. Wilde, Social Psychology of Canada: An Annotated Bibliography, page 9. From the entry mediocrat
  • But Eve might: it was "done"; even in those circles of hidebound conservatism, the society of the Faubourg St.1921, Louis Joseph Vance, Alias The Lone Wolf. From the entry unrebuked
  • But if you’ve made your bed with the idea that conservatism is going to remain MAGA — well, then he’s made it complicated.2025 November 15, Robert Draper, quoting Jonah Goldberg, “Once He Was ‘Just Asking Questions.’ Now Tucker Carlson Is the Question.”, in…. From the entry make one's bed
  • National conservatism, on an entirely different note, is a conservative variant based on nationalist stances that clash with multiculturalism, unlimited immigration, and globalization.2019, Francesco Giubilei, The History of European Conservative Thought, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry national conservatism
  • First, it was feared that right-wing conservatism could go to extremes by elevating racism to government offices, threatening with a scenario of Weimarisation.2005, István Feitl, Balázs Sipos, editors, Regimes and Transformations: Hungary in the Twentieth Century, Budapest: Napvilág, →ISBN, page…. From the entry Weimarisation
  • Other similarities include both these artists' brilliance as polystylists, their scope, their personal conservatism and refinement, plus the technical innovations that melded expression and tradition.1992, Walter Sorell, The Dance Has Many Faces, page 168. From the entry polystylist
  • One of them, bureaucratic conservatism, represented the routinized sphere of administration, whereas the other, chiliasm, gave rise to the utopian consciousness and modern politics.1985, Colin Loader, The Intellectual Development of Karl Mannheim, page 104. From the entry chiliasm
  • Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry matrilineal
  • I do challenge its failure to exhibit a compassionate conservatism that adapts itself to the realities of a society ridden by class and race distinction.1981 July 23, Vernon Jordan, New York Times, page 17. From the entry compassionate conservatism
  • But I remain convinced that what I call conservatism of commerce better captures the ideological dynamics of Muskism, Trumpism, and the business elitism that structures our economic life.2025 September, Pierre-Yves Néron, “Political Political Theory of Corporations: Answer To Caulfield’s (2025) If You’re an Egalitarian, How…. From the entry Muskism
  • Previous phylogenies including multiple members of microgastrine genera have shown patterns of high host specificity within species and a high degree of host conservatism among closely related species.2016 March 5, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Reared Parasitoid Wasps of the Genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead 1904 (Insecta…. From the entry microgastrine
  • Palinism still seeks to balance the social conservatism and economic liberty of Reaganism, but it takes seriously the Goldwater extremism speech in its hyperactive purism and refusal to compromise.2010 July 29, David Schultz, “What is Orthodox Republicanism?”, in OpEdNews.com, retrieved 20 Aug 2010. From the entry Palinism
  • Conservatism was on the nose with voters and if Liberals were to regain government, the party must swing smoothly to the left on a range of social issues.2008 November, Janet Albrechtsen, “Romanticising Australian Conservatism”, in Eric Beecher, editor, The Best Australian Political Writing…. From the entry on the nose
  • When the God hypothesis is evaluated with a more plausible conception of conservatism, it seems to conflict with, among other things, scientific data suggesting that the universe is uncaused.2003, Lewis Vaughn, Austin Dacey, The Case for Humanism: An Introduction, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry God hypothesis
  • "A lot of people in the black community don't have a feel for progressive versus nonprogressive government or patronage versus nonpatronage or fiscal conservatism versus free spending.1988 November 25, David Moberg, “One Year Without Washington”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry nonpatronage
  • Otherwise, just as surely as sewer socialism has been obliterated from our social scene and merged with tepid liberalism, so will sewer liberalism be blended into “middle-of-the-road” conservatism.1956, The Progressive, volume 20, page 24. From the entry sewer socialism

Meaning of conservatism

  1. noun A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
  2. noun A risk-averse attitude or approach.

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Questions about conservatism in a sentence

How do you use conservatism in a sentence?
Conservatism is used as a noun. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with conservatism?
“Her conservatism is not affirmative but unindignant, passive.”
What does conservatism mean?
Conservatism means a political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

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