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conservatism

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of conservatism

conservativeness, die-hardism, reactionaryism, traditionalism, ultraconservatism
Words Related to conservatism

neoconservatism, Toryism

bigotry, illiberalism

conventionalism, conventionality, fogyism (or fogeyism)
Near Antonyms of conservatism

neoliberalism

extremism, radicalism

nonconformism, nonconformity, unconventionalism, unorthodoxy
Antonyms of conservatism

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

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