Conservatism Synonyms

kən-sûrvə-tĭzəm
A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. orthodoxy
  2. opposition to change
  3. traditionalism
  4. moderation
  5. inaction
  6. preservation
  7. conservativeness
  8. unprogressiveness
  9. ultraconservatism
  10. conservativism
  11. reactionaryism
  12. rightism
  13. toryism
  14. bourbonism
  15. standpattism
  16. old-fashionedness

Words Related to Conservatism

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Conservatism Sentence Examples

  • This leads to autocracy in politics, fatalism in religion and conservatism in both.

  • There was in his character a peculiar mixture of conservatism and a keen sense of the requirements of the day.

  • The fact is that the Montanists represented the conservatism of their day, and even now the Roman Church admits the right of laymen to baptize when a priest cannot be had.

  • In England a considerably less docile conservatism has been predominant.

  • Ritualistic conservatism may be instanced as a practical outcome of this feeling.

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