释义 |
conservatismcon‧ser‧va‧tis‧m /kənˈsɜːvətɪzəm $ -ɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] - They like the Pope's policy of conservatism on religious doctrine.
- Increasingly that view is regarded as retro, the old conservatism rather than the new.
- It also suggests a unity of interest between the various forces of finance and conservatism.
- Perhaps the most interesting response to the plight of modern conservatism comes from the cultural reformers.
- The Declaration of Rights itself was couched in the language of political conservatism.
- There are different depths of conservatism possible.
- There was a strong strain of Anglophilia in the Alsop clan, and a consistent devotion to the politics of moderate conservatism.
- What do you think is the most sensible assumption and the most questionable assumption of conservatism?
- Working-class conservatism and Conservatism is a well known phenomenon.
► Groupingsagitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun ADJECTIVE► compassionate· Critics worry that compassionate conservatism involves subcontracting social welfare to nutty evangelicals.· Call it compassionate conservatism on offense.· Critics also worry that compassionate conservatism is a leap in the dark without any empirical evidence to back it up. ► fiscal· They speak of economic justice, economic redevelopment, fiscal conservatism and good business. ► social· The opposition against him was straight prejudice, and a commentary upon the social conservatism of mid-Victorian trade unionists. 1dislike of change and new ideas: people’s innate conservatism in matters of language2 (also Conservatism) the political belief that society should change as little as possible3Conservatism the political beliefs of the British Conservative Party |