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ultraconservatism

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ultraconservatism

attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions

  • a radio talk show host who has become for many listeners the national voice of ultraconservatism
Synonyms of ultraconservatism

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

neoconservatism, Toryism

bigotry, illiberalism

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

neoliberalism

extremism, radicalism

nonconformism, nonconformity, unconventionalism, unorthodoxy
Antonyms of ultraconservatism

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

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