'Conservatism' definitions:
Definition of 'conservatism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes [syn: conservatism, conservativism]
Definition of 'Conservatism'
From: GCIDE
- Conservatism \Con*serv"a*tism\, n. [For conservatism.] The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conservatism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abnegation,
- abstinence,
- backwardness,
- calm,
- calmness,
- conservativeness,
- constraint,
- continence,
- control,
- cool,
- dispassion,
- evenness,
- fogyism,
- gentleness,
- golden mean,
- happy medium,
- impartiality,
- judiciousness,
- juste-milieu,
- laissez-faireism,
- lenity,
- meden agan,
- middle way,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- moderation,
- moderationism,
- neutrality,
- nonviolence,
- nothing in excess,
- old school tie,
- old-fashionedness,
- pacifism,
- political conservatism,
- prudence,
- repose,
- resistance to change,
- restraint,
- rightism,
- self-abnegation,
- self-control,
- self-denial,
- self-restraint,
- serenity,
- sobriety,
- stability,
- standpattism,
- steadiness,
- temperance,
- temperateness,
- tranquillity,
- ultraconservatism,
- unexcessiveness,
- unextravagance,
- unextremeness,
- unprogressiveness,
- via media