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CONSERVATISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conservatism mean?
• CONSERVATISM (noun)
The noun CONSERVATISM has 1 sense:
1. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
Familiarity information: CONSERVATISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
conservatism; conservativism
Hypernyms ("conservatism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conservatism"):
neoconservatism (an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s))
reaction (extreme conservatism in political or social matters)
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