新视野大学英语读写教程第五册:bi-unit01-a-2
2. conservatism
It is a tendency to resist change and support traditional norms. The term is mostly used in the context of politics — either to describe movements which attempt to preserve aspects of the status quo, or, more specifically, to describe a particular ideology of this sort in the Western world. Check out the web page at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/conservatism/faq/ for a list of frequently asked questions about conservatism and the website at http://www.conservatism.com for more detailed information about this political trend.
