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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To conserve, after all, is the essence of conservatism.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
This flip would be the first GOP House gain in New England since 2018, affirming that economic populism and cultural conservatism can breach the blue wall.
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Her win, a surprising triumph in Japan’s deeply patriarchal political system, signals to disillusioned LDP voters that traditional conservatism is alive and well.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
However, an investigation by The Bee this week found that Flora, 42, brings a history to the role that may be discordant with a party concerned with family values and fiscal conservatism.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
This flip would be the first GOP House gain in New England since 2018, affirming that economic populism and cultural conservatism can breach the blue wall.
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Her win, a surprising triumph in Japan’s deeply patriarchal political system, signals to disillusioned LDP voters that traditional conservatism is alive and well.
—Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
However, an investigation by The Bee this week found that Flora, 42, brings a history to the role that may be discordant with a party concerned with family values and fiscal conservatism.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
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