national conservatism

English

Noun

national conservatism (uncountable)

1. A nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity, in particular family values, while opposing multiculturalism, immigration, and globalization.
   • 2019, Francesco Giubilei, The History of European Conservative Thought, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 26:

     National conservatism, on an entirely different note, is a conservative variant based on nationalist stances that clash with multiculturalism, unlimited immigration, and globalization.

   • 2023 May 14, Aletha Adu, Peter Walker, “Who are ‘national conservatives’ and what do they want?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     In the words of rising Conservative star Miriam Cates, “national conservatism” was born out of the 2016 Brexit referendum and Tory 2019 election victory.

   • 2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Which is why many were rightly alarmed by this week’s gathering in the name of “national conservatism”, where the writer Douglas Murray declared that nationalism need no longer hide its face just because the Germans had “mucked up” in the last century – a novel way to describe the murderous record of national socialism.

Related terms

• national conservative

Translations

nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity

• German: Nationalkonservatismus m
• Hungarian: nemzeti konzervativizmus

Further reading

• national conservatism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia