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From Latin cōnservāre ( “ to conserve ; to keep , guard , observe ” ) .
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conservatism (countable and uncountable plural conservatisms
A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.
2009 Jack P. Greene , Exclusionary Empire: English Liberty Overseas, 1600-1900 , page 240 :Oddly, with the liberals and radicals in power in NSW, the conservatives realized that a nominated upper house was no longer a bastion of conservatism and some began to call for an elected legislative council.
A risk-averse attitude or approach . political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement
Arabic: سِيَاسَة مُحَافِظَة f ( siyāsa muḥāfiẓa ) ; فِكْر مُحَافِظ ( fikr muḥāfiẓ )
Armenian: պահպանողականություն (hy) ( pahpanoġakanutʻyun )
Azerbaijani: mühafizəkarlıq
Belarusian: кансерваты́зм m ( kansjervatýzm )
Bengali: রক্ষণশীলতাবাদ ( rokkhonośiltabad )
Bulgarian: консервати́зъм (bg) m ( konservatízǎm )
Burmese: ရှေးရိုးစွဲဝါဒ ( hre:rui:cwai:wada. )
Catalan: conservadorisme m
Chinese:
Hakka: 保守主義 / 保守主义 ( pó-sú chú-ngi )
Hokkien: 保守主義 / 保守主义 ( pó-siú chú-gī )
Mandarin: 保守主義 / 保守主义 (zh) ( bǎoshǒuzhǔyì )
Czech: konzervatismus m
Danish: konservatisme n
Dutch: conservatisme (nl) n
Estonian: konservatism konservatiivsus
Faroese: konservatisma f
Finnish: 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 íhaldsstefna f
Irish: coimeádachas m
Italian: conservatorismo (it) m
Japanese: 保守主義 (ja) ( ほしゅしゅぎ, hoshushugi )
Kazakh: консерватизм ( konservatizm ) , сақтанымпаздық ( saqtanympazdyq )
Korean: 보수주의(保守主義) (ko) ( bosujuui )
Lao: ອານຸລັກນິຍົມ (lo) ( ʼā nu lak ni nyom )
Latvian: konservatīvisms m
Lithuanian: konservatizmas (lt) m
Macedonian: конзервативизам m ( konzervativizam )
Malay: konservatisme faham konservatif
Malayalam: യാഥാസ്ഥിതികത്വം (ml) ( yāthāsthitikatvaṁ )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: konservatisme m
Nynorsk: konservatisme m
Persian: محافظهکاری (fa) ( mohâfeze-kâri )
Polish: konserwatyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: conservadorismo (pt) m
Romanian: conservatorism (ro) n conservatism (ro) n
Russian: консервати́зм (ru) m ( konservatízm )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: конзервативѝзам
Roman: konzervativìzam (sh) m
Sinhalese: කොන්සවේටිව්වාදය ( konsawēṭiwwādaya )
Slovak: konzervativizmus m
Slovene: konservatizem m
Spanish: conservadurismo (es) m conservatismo m conservadorismo m
Swedish: konservatism (sv) n
Tagalog: panininggal
Tamil: பழைமைவாதம் ( paḻaimaivātam )
Thai: อนุรักษนิยม (th) ( à-nú-rák-sà-ní-yom )
Turkish: muhafazakârlık (tr)
Ukrainian: консервати́зм (uk) m ( konservatýzm )
Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bảo thủ
Welsh: ceidwadaeth m or f
West Frisian: konservatisme (fy)
Yiddish: קאָנסערוואַטיזם m ( konservatizm )
political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to
Borrowed from French conservatisme
conservatism n uncountable
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