conservatism
conservatism
nounDefinition 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>
Related Words neoconservatism, Toryism; bigotry, illiberalism; conventionalism, conventionality, fogyism (or fogeyism)
Near Antonyms neoliberalism; extremism, radicalism; nonconformism, nonconformity, unconventionalism, unorthodoxy
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