Synonyms of conservatism

conservatism

noun

kən-ˈsər-və-ˌti-zəm 

as in conservativeness

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 & Similar Words

• conservativeness
• traditionalism
• ultraconservatism
• reactionaryism
• neoconservatism
• Toryism
• bigotry
• die-hardism
• illiberalism
• fogeyism
• conventionalism
• fogyism
• conventionality

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberalism
• progressivism
• neoliberalism
• radicalism
• extremism
• liberalness
• open-mindedness
• broad-mindedness
• nonconformity
• unorthodoxy
• nonconformism
• unconventionalism

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of conservatism

The two leaders appear to see eye-to-eye on immigration and cultural conservatism, but on the war in Ukraine, unlike Trump, Meloni has been careful to unequivocally label Putin the aggressor. —Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025

What the tech right and nationalist right are going through looks like an update to how conservatism has long worked. —Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025

Olivia’s family’s wealth gave him not one but two fortunes to squander, and her family’s religious conservatism made the possibility of bankruptcy a moral as well as fiscal event. —Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025

His challenge in the last days of the race: to convince Canadians that conservatism has the solution to deal with Donald Trump. —Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025