Conservatism

conservatism
    n 1: a political or theological orientation advocating the
         preservation of the best in society and opposing radical
         changes [syn: {conservatism}, {conservativism}]
    

Conservatism \Con*serv"a*tism\, n. [For conservatism.]
   The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established;
   opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a
   conservative.
   [1913 Webster]
    

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "conservatism":
      abnegation, abstinence, backwardness, calm, calmness,
      conservativeness, 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