Noun: conservatism
| Singular | conservatism |
| Plural | conservatisms |
Sample Sentences
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Oddly, with the liberals and radicals in power in NSW, the conservatives realized that a nominated upper house was no longer a bastion of conservatism and some began to call for an elected legislative council. [2009, Jack P. Greene, Exclusionary Empire: English Liberty Overseas, 1600-1900, page 240:]
Nouns inflected like conservatism
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Either irregularly from conservative + -ism or from conservate + -ism; ultimately from Latin cōnservāre (“to conserve; to keep, guard, observe”). See: Latin Nouns '
cōnservāre'.
Verbs referencing "conservatism"
Finnish Nouns
konservatismi, Polish Nouns
konserwatyzm, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
konservatisme, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
konservatisme, Swedish Nouns
konservatism.