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Definition: Conservatism |
ConservatismNoun1. A political orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conservatism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
Note: Conservatism \Con*serv"a*tism\, noun. [For conservatism.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Business | The assumption that revenue and profits have not been anticipated but that provision has been made for all known expenses and losses. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | For a given air mass property, approximate constancy with time of this property during a specified process. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: ConservatismSynonym: conservativism (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Democracy, republicanism; communism, statism, state socialism; socialism; conservatism, toryism; liberalism, whigism; theocracy; constitutional monarchy. |
Preservation | Noun: preservation; safe-keeping; conservation; (storage); maintenance, support, susteritation, conservatism; vis conservatrix; salvation; (deliverance). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Conservatism |
| English words defined with "conservatism": Bourbonism ♦ Hunkerism ♦ reaction. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "conservatism": Radicalism ♦ SEAL. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Conservatism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (conservatism). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Underpaid teachers are unlikely to teach conservatism. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry George | There is danger in reckless change; but greater danger in blind conservatism. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Conservatism stands on man's confessed limitations; reform on his indisputable infinitude. |
William Ewart Gladstone | Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence; Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Given the general perception of frozen foods and the innate conservatism of most Argentine consumers, this would represent an even smaller potential market that would be affected even more seriously by logistical and scale problems. (references) | |
Economic History | Oman | Ibadhism is known for its "moderate conservatism." One distinguishing feature of Ibadhism is the choice of ruler by communal consensus and consent. (references) |
Latvia | Latvia marks its ten-year anniversary of independence and free market reform in 2001, with sound macroeconomic fundamentals, highly successful monetary policy, and a commitment to fiscal conservatism. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Foreign investors are able to borrow in the local market, but the small scale of the economy and close-knit society foster conservatism in credit criteria for foreigners wishing to obtain domestic financing. (references) | |
Political Economy | Uruguay | While party ideology runs from fiscal conservatism to populism, the largest faction favors economic reform and free enterprise. (references) |
EL SALVADOR | These polices are being implemented on the foundation of measures put in place during the last decade that mandated fiscal conservatism, monetary discipline, privatization, and rapid market and trade liberalization. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words locum sigillis are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | I've always said that conservatism is tough. |
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| "Conservatism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.07% of the time. "Conservatism" is used about 414 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.07% | 406 | 13,854 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.21% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.72% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 414 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "conservatism": unashamed conservatism. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "conservatism": anti-conservatism. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "conservatism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | konservatizëm (conventionalism, conventionality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبادئ حزب المحافظين, المحافظة (briefness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | консерваторство, консерватизъм (insularity, toryism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 保守主义. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | konzervatismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | konservatisme, forsigtighedsprincip (prudence concept). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | conservatisme, voorzichtigheidsbeginsel (prudence concept). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varovaisuusperiaate (prudence concept), säilyvyys (keeping qualities), pysyvyys (lasting quality, permanence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conservatisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Konservatismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συντηρητισμός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שמר ות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | konzervativizmus, óvatosság (caution, chariness, circumspection, discretion, heed, precaution, providence, prudence, reserve, wariness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | conservatorismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 旧弊 (antiquated, old-fashioned, standing evil, the old school). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅきゅう (decapitated head of an enemy), きゅうへい (antiquated, old-fashioned, standing evil, the old school), ほしゅしゅぎ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 보수주의. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cumaadaghys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onservatismcay conservatismo, conservantismo, carácter conservativo, princípio da prudência (prudence concept). (various references) conservatism. (various references) консерватизм (Toryism). (various references) konzervatizam. (various references) conservadurismo. (various references) konservatism. (various references) tutuculuk (fanaticism, stuffiness, toryism, zealotry), muhafazakârlık. (various references) консерватизм. (various references) chủ nghĩa bảo thủ. (various references) ceidwadaeth (conservancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "conservatism": conservatisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "conservatism": neoconservatism, ultraconservatism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "conservatism": neoconservatisms, ultraconservatisms. (additional references) | |
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"Conservatism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: conservaties, conservatisum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conservatism" (pronounced kunser"vuti'zum) |
| 6 | -u t i' z u m | astigmatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, magnetism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, rheumatism, separatism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, autism, baptism, defeatism, elitism, Irredentism, leftism, pietism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: costmaries, cremations, encomiasts, manticores, miscreants, sovranties, stramonies. | |
-3 letters: acrotisms, amortises, ancestors, anoretics, assertion, atomisers, aversions, canisters, canoeists, centrisms, ceramists, cessation, coinmates, contrives, creations, cremation, croissant, encomiast, intercoms, investors, invocates, manticore, masonries, misatones, miscreant, mistraces, monastics, monsteras, navicerts, normative, ostracise, ostracism, overcasts, reactions, romanises, romantics, savoriest, scenarios, scenarist, scimetars, semantics, senoritas, sonicates, travoises. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: conservatisms. | |
+3 letters: comparativeness, neoconservatism. | |
+4 letters: controversialism, neoconservatisms, semiconservative. | |
+5 letters: comparativenesses, controversialisms, overcompensations, ultraconservatism. | |
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