Conservatism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conservatism
       n : a political or theological orientation advocating the
           preservation of the best in society and opposing radical
           changes [syn: {conservativism}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "conservatism":
     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