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Noun
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The overall design philosophy was one of deliberate conservatism; at every methodological decision point, the team chose the more cautious estimate, ensuring that the final numbers would be credible and defensible rather than optimistic.
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Lynn told me that Colson shared his father’s moodiness, if not his stifling conservatism.
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Resorting to violence merely strengthens the forces of illiberalism and sense of disorder upon which Trumpism feeds.
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The signal predicament of our era is the global rise of illiberalism and intolerance.
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“Immobilism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobilism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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