conservatism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

conservatism (countable and uncountable, plural conservatisms)

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

Synonyms

• conservativism

Derived terms

• archconservatism
• bioconservatism
• compassionate conservatism
• fiscal conservatism
• hyperconservatism
• liberal conservatism
• national conservatism
• neoconservatism
• one-nation conservatism
• overconservatism
• paleoconservatism
• social conservatism
• theoconservatism
• ultraconservatism

 

Related terms

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

 

Translations

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
• 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

• 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 (pt) m
• Swedish: konservatism (sv) n

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conservatisme.

Noun

conservatism n (uncountable)

1. conservatism

Declension

declension of conservatism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) conservatism	conservatismul
genitive/dative	(unui) conservatism	conservatismului
vocative	conservatismule