as in conservativeness
attitudes or opinions tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
the state's well-known conservatism means that progressive legislation always has an uphill battle
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But they were offset by a more secular and pro-business conservatism.
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John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
As that anecdote suggests, Matt shares Allen’s real-life conservatism, albeit a cuddlier version with the edges sanded off.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Even after the pandemic, when economic challenges persisted, China continued this fiscal conservatism.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Those definitions began to fail us a decade ago, when a part of the right, in both Europe and North America, began advocating not caution and conservatism but the destruction of existing democratic institutions.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
As that anecdote suggests, Matt shares Allen’s real-life conservatism, albeit a cuddlier version with the edges sanded off.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Even after the pandemic, when economic challenges persisted, China continued this fiscal conservatism.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Those definitions began to fail us a decade ago, when a part of the right, in both Europe and North America, began advocating not caution and conservatism but the destruction of existing democratic institutions.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Conservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conservatism. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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