In the battle of ideas, science defeated conservatism.
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Conservatism
//kənˈsɜːvətɪzəm//
Synonyms for "conservatism" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (33)
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3 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
14 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
79 translations across 57 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سِيَاسَة مُحَافِظَة noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- فِكْر مُحَافِظ noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Armenian
1 entries- պահպանողականություն noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mühafizəkarlıq noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Belarusian
1 entries- кансерваты́зм noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Bengali
1 entries- রক্ষণশীলতাবাদ noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Bulgarian
1 entries- консервати́зъм noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Burmese
1 entries- ရှေးရိုးစွဲဝါဒ noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Catalan
1 entries- conservadorisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Chinese
1 entries- 保守主義 /保守主义 noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 保守主義 /保守主义 noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Czech
1 entries- konzervatismus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Danish
1 entries- konservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Dutch
1 entries- conservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Estonian
2 entries- konservatiivsus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- konservatism noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Faroese
3 entries- konservatisma noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- íhaldssemi noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- íhaldssemi noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Finnish
3 entries- konservatiivisuus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- konservatismi noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- varovaisuus noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
French
1 entries- conservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Georgian
2 entries- კონსერვატიზმი noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- კონსერვატიზმი noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
German
3 entries- Konservatismus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- Konservatismus noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
- Konservativismus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Greek
1 entries- συντηρητισμός noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 保守主義 /保守主义 noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Hindi
1 entries- रूढ़िवाद noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Hungarian
2 entries- konzervativizmus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- konzervativizmus noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Icelandic
2 entries- íhald noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- íhaldsstefna noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Irish
2 entries- coimeádachas noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- coimeádachas noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Italian
1 entries- conservatorismo noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Japanese
1 entries- 保守主義 noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Kazakh
2 entries- консерватизм noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- сақтанымпаздық noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Korean
1 entries- 보수주의 noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Lao
1 entries- ອານຸລັກນິຍົມ noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Latvian
1 entries- konservatīvisms noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Lithuanian
1 entries- konservatizmas noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Macedonian
2 entries- конзервативизам noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- конзервативизам noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Malay
2 entries- faham konservatif noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- konservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Malayalam
1 entries- യാഥാസ്ഥിതികത്വം noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- konservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- konservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Persian
1 entries- محافظهکاری noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Polish
2 entries- konserwatyzm noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- konserwatyzm noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Portuguese
2 entries- conservadorismo noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- conservadorismo noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Romanian
2 entries- conservatism noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- conservatorism noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Russian
1 entries- консервати́зм noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- konzervativìzam noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- конзервативѝзам noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Sinhalese
1 entries- කොන්සවේටිව්වාදය noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Slovak
1 entries- konzervativizmus noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Slovene
1 entries- konservatizem noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Spanish
3 entries- conservadorismo noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- conservadurismo noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- conservatismo noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Swedish
2 entries- konservatism noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
- konservatism noun (political philosophy that moral objectivism exists, and should be adhered to)
Tagalog
1 entries- panininggal noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Tamil
1 entries- பழைமைவாதம் noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Thai
1 entries- อนุรักษนิยม noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Turkish
1 entries- muhafazakârlık noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Ukrainian
1 entries- консервати́зм noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chủ nghĩa bảo thủ noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Welsh
1 entries- ceidwadaeth noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
West-Frisian
1 entries- konservatisme noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָנסערוואַטיזם noun (political philosophy that favors maintaining limited government involvement)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I do not believe in conservatism.
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I am not a fan of conservatism.
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I'm not a fan of conservatism.
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