conservatism
1 synonym for conservatism, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A set of political beliefs that favours keeping traditional values and ways of doing things.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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conservativism
Etymology
Formed either irregularly from conservative and -ism, or from conservate and -ism; it ultimately goes back to Latin cōnservāre (“to conserve; to keep, guard, observe”).
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