Conservatism

Noun

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

Adjectives for Conservatism
zealous; sprightly; stubborn; passionate; industrious; extreme; moderate; innate; disillusioned; smug; hearty; emotional.

Verbs for Conservatism
abolish—; admire—; characterize by—; embody—; engender—; enliven—; epitomize—; hinder by—; practice—;  pre¬serve—;  prod—;  produce—; satisfy—; school in—; shrink from—; swerve from—; swing toward—; —crops up; —fears; —retains; —safeguards.

Related terms
conserve; conservation; conservationist; conservative; conservator; conservatory

Thesaurus
constraint, continence, control, cool, dispassion, evenness, fogyism, gentleness, golden mean, happy medium, impartiality, judiciousness, juste-milieu, laissez-faireism, lenity, meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in excess, old school tie, old-fashionedness, pacifism, political conservatism, prudence, repose, resistance to change, restraint, rightism, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, serenity, sobriety, stability, standpattism, steadiness, temperance, temperateness, tranquillity, ultraconservatism, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unprogressiveness, via media

Etymology
From the, conservare, to conserve; to keep, guard, observe.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: konszervatizmus


 * Swedish: konservatism
 * Yiddish: קאנסערוואטיזם


 * German:
 * Hungarian: konszervatizmus


 * Swedish: konservatism