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Webster 1913 Edition

Conservatism

Con-serv′a-tism

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Noun.

[For

conservatism

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The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

Definition 2024

conservatism

conservatism

English

Noun

conservatism ‎(plural conservatisms)

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
A risk-averse attitude or approach.

Synonyms

conservativism

Related terms

Translations

political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement

Arabic: سِيَاسَة مُحَافَظَة f ‎(siyāsa muḥāfaẓa)
Catalan: conservadorisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保守主義 (zh), 保守主义 (zh) ‎(bǎoshǒuzhǔyì)
Czech: konzervatismus m
Finnish: oikeistolaisuus (fi), konservatiivisuus (fi), konservatismi (fi)
French: conservatisme (fr) m
German: Konservatismus m, Konservativismus m
Hungarian: konzervativizmus (hu)
Icelandic: íhald (is) n
Irish: coimeádachas m
Italian: conservatorismo (it) m

Japanese: 保守主義 ‎(ほしゅしゅぎ, hoshushugi)
Korean: 보수주의 (ko) ‎(bosuju-ui) (保守主義 (ko))
Malay: konservatisme, faham konservatif
Persian: محافظه‌کاری (fa) ‎(mohâfeze-kâri)
Polish: konserwatyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: conservadorismo m
Russian: консервати́зм (ru) m ‎(konservatízm)
Spanish: conservadurismo (es) m, conservatismo m
Swedish: konservatism (sv) n
Tagalog: panininggal
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bảo thủ
Yiddish: קאָנסערוואַטיזם m ‎(konservatizm)

political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to

Finnish: varovaisuus (fi)
German: Konservatismus m
Hungarian: konzervativizmus (hu)

Irish: coimeádachas m
Portuguese: conservadorismo m
Swedish: konservatism (sv) n