conservatism

conservatism

noun

Definition of CONSERVATISM

attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions <the state's well-known conservatism means that progressive legislation always has an uphill battle>

Synonyms conservativeness, die-hardism, reactionaryism, traditionalism, ultraconservatism

Related Words neoconservatism, Toryism; bigotry, illiberalism; conventionalism, conventionality, fogyism (or fogeyism)

Near Antonyms neoliberalism; extremism, radicalism; nonconformism, nonconformity, unconventionalism, unorthodoxy

Antonyms broad-mindedness, liberalism, liberalness, open-mindedness, progressivism