as in conservativeness
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
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conservatism
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The list of names reads like a who’s who of prominent figures of Latin American conservatism.—
Daniel Rivero,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2026 -
But conservatism has a cost when the threat timeline is determined by someone else’s engineering roadmap, not by internal consensus.—
Sandy Peng,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Ultraconservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultraconservatism. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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