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conservatism

/kuhn-sur-vuh-tiz-uhm/US // kənˈsɜr vəˌtɪz əm //UK // (kənˈsɜːvəˌtɪzəm) //

保守主义,保守派,守旧主义

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.
    • : the principles and practices of political conservatives.

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Examples

  • With his stupefying unoriginality, Mandel sounds exactly like innumerable congressional Republicans who clawed their way to Washington by espousing an anti-Washington-cocktail-circuit stance as conservatism.

  • The main cause, she said, was fiscal conservatism and advocating for kids at a moment of crisis for public education.

  • For at least a generation, Republicans have been the dominant force on the board, and their guiding ethos has been fiscal conservatism.

  • I grew up in a conservative place, but more than anything, to me what conservatism really is, is it’s just that hardworking background.

  • That’s going to transform conservatism for at least a generation.

  • Why not dress up conservatism with more compassionate rhetoric rather than green eyeshades?

  • Fifty Years ago, “The Paranoid Style of American Politics” changed how we think about modern conservatism.

  • This may seem like a contradiction, if “conservative” means political conservatism.

  • His conservatism, which is more of a cultural than political kidney, seems to fascinate, delight or detract critics.

  • And we had a long talk about libertarian social conservatism with some diners making a defense of its creeds.

  • Furthermore, the increased radicalism of the few was more than counterbalanced by the intensified conservatism of the many.

  • One would look in vain for a better example of the conservatism of the legal profession.

  • How far can Conservatism be induced to plan and construct before it resists the thrust towards change.

  • It's the peculiarity of English conservatism that it's persistently progressive and rejuvenescent.

  • Conservatism cannot emancipate itself from the conditions of the age.