1.1. Definitions

In its most common usage, the word “conservatism” refers to attitudes, worldviews, ideologies, organizations, groups, and social constructs that are fundamentally oriented to preserving the status quo. The specific positions taken vary depending on context, but common to them all are reactionary and defensive principles of resistance to change, progress, and emancipation, of trying to block the effects of the Enlightenment and the expansion of political participation and social equality.

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