conservativismn.
/kənˈsəːvətɪvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /kənˈsərvədɪvɪzəm/ = conservatism n. 1.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism
Toryism1693
conservatism1832
conservativeness1832
conservativism1834
Toriness1890
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > attitudes of
servilism1821
conservatism1832
conservativeness1832
conservativism1834
hunkerism1845
rightism1934
right-wingism1951
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 634/2 The premature and invidious compliments paid by the Standard to the Conservativism of Lords Brougham and Melbourne.
1840 T. Carlyle Let. 24 Jan. (1904) I. 183 Most of them seem to accuse me of a leaning to ‘Conservativism’.
1895 W. J. Locke At Gate of Samaria xviii. 210 The broader Conservativism of our day, between which and modern Liberalism he failed to appreciate the distinction.
1921 Public Opinion 28 Jan. 76/1 The enemies of Liberalism have confidently predicted its smash between the collision of Communism and Conservativism.
1942 I. E. Bender et al. Motivation & Visual Factors iv. 56 The chief reasons for this caution are the incomplete evidence and an understandable conservativism in all matters of human motivation.
1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Aug. 32/2 The newspaper's conservativism—not to say squeamishness—worked to suppress Oliphant's more enthusiastic efforts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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