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
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Recent Examples of conservatism
The glint and thrum of Y2K aesthetics—as contrasted with the droning conservatism of the white-collar office—read as anticipatory rather than melancholic, looking toward a future liberated from systems of old.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Guigal’s strategy isn’t built on pompous conservatism, but in long-term thinking.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In 2020, when digital social activism reached its peak, Lingala noticed that, in a social sense, conservatism then became the unpopular counterculture.
—Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Dobson's unflinching conservatism rankled some Republican leaders at the height of his influence.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
Guigal’s strategy isn’t built on pompous conservatism, but in long-term thinking.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
In 2020, when digital social activism reached its peak, Lingala noticed that, in a social sense, conservatism then became the unpopular counterculture.
—Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Dobson's unflinching conservatism rankled some Republican leaders at the height of his influence.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for conservatism
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“Conservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatism. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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