conservatism

English

Etymology

From Latin conservare (“to conserve; to keep, guard, observe”).

Noun

conservatism (plural conservatisms)

1. A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
2. A risk-averse attitude or approach.

Synonyms

• conservativism

Related terms

• conserve
• conservation
• conservationist
• conservative
• conservator
• conservatory
• conservativeness

Translations

political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement

• Arabic: سِياسة مُحافِظة‎‎ f (siyāsa muḥāfiẓa); فِكْر مُحافِظ‎‎ (fikr muḥāfiẓ)
• Armenian: պահպանողականություն (hy) (pahpanołakanutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: mühafizəkarlıq
• Belarusian: кансерваты́зм m (kansjervatýzm)
• Bulgarian: консервати́зъм (bg) m (konservatízǎm)
• Catalan: conservadorisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保守主義 (zh), 保守主义 (zh) (bǎoshǒuzhǔyì)

• Czech: konzervatismus m
• Danish: konservatisme n
• Dutch: conservatisme (nl) n
• Estonian: konservatism
• Finnish: oikeistolaisuus (fi), konservatiivisuus (fi), konservatismi (fi)
• French: conservatisme (fr) m
• Georgian: კონსერვატიზმი (ḳonservaṭizmi)
• German: Konservatismus m, Konservativismus m
• Greek: συντηρητισμός (el) m (syntiritismós)
• Hindi: रूढ़िवाद m (rūṛhivād)
• Hungarian: konzervativizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: íhald (is) n
• Irish: coimeádachas m
• Italian: conservatorismo (it) m
• Japanese: 保守主義 (ほしゅしゅぎ, hoshushugi)
• Kazakh: консерватизм (konservatïzm)
• Korean: 보수주의 (ko) (bosuju-ui) (保守主義 (ko))
• Lao: ອານຸລັກນິຍົມ (lo) (’ā nu lak ni nyom)

• Latvian: konservatīvisms m
• Lithuanian: konservatizmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: конзервативизам m (konzervativizam)
• Malay: konservatisme, faham konservatif
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: konservatisme m

  Nynorsk: konservatisme m

• Persian: محافظه‌کاری‎‎ (fa) (mohâfeze-kâri)
• Polish: konserwatyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: conservadorismo m
• Romanian: conservatorism (ro) n, conservatism (ro) n
• Russian: консервати́зм (ru) m (konservatízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: конзервативѝзам

  Roman: konzervativìzam (sh) m

• Slovak: konzervativizmus m
• Slovene: konservatizem m
• Spanish: conservadurismo (es) m, conservatismo m
• Swedish: konservatism (sv) n
• Tagalog: panininggal
• Thai: อนุรักษนิยม (th) (à-nú-rák-ní-yom)
• Turkish: muhafazakârlık
• Ukrainian: консервати́зм (uk) m (konservatýzm)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bảo thủ
• Yiddish: קאָנסערוואַטיזם‎‎ m (konservatizm)

political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to

• Finnish: varovaisuus (fi)
• Georgian: კონსერვატიზმი (ḳonservaṭizmi)
• German: Konservatismus m
• Hungarian: konzervativizmus (hu)
• Irish: coimeádachas m

• Macedonian: конзервативизам m (konzervativizam)
• Polish: konserwatyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: conservadorismo m
• Swedish: konservatism (sv) n