conservatism

cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional social institutions and practices
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conservatism

Summary

conservatism is a social philosophy[1]. conservatism draws 7,946 Wikipedia views per month (social_philosophy category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • conservatism is credited with the discovery of Edmund Burke[3].
  • conservatism's instance of is recorded as social philosophy[4].
  • conservatism's instance of is recorded as political philosophy[5].
  • conservatism is a type of political ideology[6].
  • conservatism's Commons category is recorded as Conservatism[7].
  • conservatism is the opposite of progressivism[8].
  • conservatism comprises liberal conservatism[9].
  • conservatism comprises libertarian conservatism[10].
  • conservatism comprises fiscal conservatism[11].
  • conservatism comprises national conservatism[12].
  • conservatism comprises traditionalist conservatism[13].
  • conservatism comprises cultural conservatism[14].
  • conservatism comprises social conservatism[15].
  • conservatism comprises paternalistic conservatism[16].
  • conservatism comprises progressive conservatism[17].
  • conservatism comprises value conservativism[18].
  • conservatism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Conservatism[19].
  • conservatism's Commons gallery is recorded as Conservatism[20].
  • conservatism's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Conservatism[21].
  • conservatism's facet of is recorded as right-wing[22].
  • conservatism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[23].
  • conservatism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
  • conservatism's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[25].
  • conservatism's partially coincident with is recorded as conservatism[26].
  • conservatism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Conservatism[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include social philosophy[4] and political philosophy[5]. conservatism is a type of political ideology[6]. conservatism is the opposite of progressivism[8].

Use and Application

Components include liberal conservatism[9], a political ideology[28]; libertarian conservatism[10], a political ideology[29]; fiscal conservatism[11], a political ideology[30]; national conservatism[12], a political ideology[31]; traditionalist conservatism[13], a political ideology[32]; and cultural conservatism[14], a political ideology[33].

Influence

Things named for conservatism include cuckservative[34], a pejorative[35].

Why It Matters

conservatism draws 7,946 Wikipedia views per month (social_philosophy category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] conservatism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] conservatism is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for conservatism include cuckservative[34], a pejorative[35].

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  23. [25] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of political ideology
    Instance of social philosophy, political philosophy
    Different from conservation movement
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