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means A political and social outlook that favors preserving established institutions, traditions, and gradual (if any) change over rapid reform.

from From Latin 'conservare' — 'to keep, preserve, maintain' (com- 'together' + servare 'to keep safe'). The political sense of 'conservatism' crystallized in early 19th-century Europe, notably in reaction to the French Revolution, when thinkers like Edmund Burke argued for preserving inherited social order against sweeping change. The word itself entered English political vocabulary in the 1830s, as parties and writers adopted 'Conservative' as a label — a deliberate branding choice to signal continuity over upheaval.