D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Conservatism

/kən-sẽrv'-ət-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Con·serv·a·tism · IPA /kənˈsɝvətɪzəm/
01 n. The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.
  1. 1.
    The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.