conservatism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

conservatism (countable and uncountable, plural conservatisms)

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

Synonyms

conservativism

Derived terms

compassionate conservatism
fiscal conservatism
one-nation conservatism
social conservatism

Related terms

conserve
conservation
conservationist
conservative
conservator
conservatory
conservativeness

Translations

political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement

Arabic: سِيَاسَة مُحَافِظَة‎ f (siyāsa muḥāfiẓa); فِكْر مُحَافِظ‎ (fikr muḥāfiẓ)
Armenian: պահպանողականություն (hy) (pahpanołakanutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: mühafizəkarlıq
Belarusian: кансерваты́зм m (kansjervatýzm)
Bengali: রক্ষণশীলতাবাদ (rôkhôṇôśīltabad)
Bulgarian: консервати́зъм (bg) m (konservatízǎm)
Burmese: ရှေးရိုးစွဲဝါဒ (hre:rui:cwai:wada.)
Catalan: conservadorisme m
Chinese:
Hakka: 保守主義 (hak) (pó-sú chú-ngi)
Mandarin: 保守主義／保守主义 (zh) (bǎoshǒuzhǔyì)
Min Nan: 保守主義 (zh-min-nan) (pó-siú chú-gī)
Czech: konzervatismus m
Danish: konservatisme n
Dutch: conservatisme (nl) n
Estonian: konservatism
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) (yāthāsthitikatvaṃ)
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
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-ní-yom)
Turkish: muhafazakârlık
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 m
Swedish: konservatism (sv) n

Romanian

Etymology

From French conservatisme.

Noun

conservatism n (uncountable)

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