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Conservatism 
n. the body of principles held by Conservatives; the platform of the Conservative Party or, more recently, the Progressive-Conservative Party.
- 1836 (1965) Never did we see such an assemblage of long-visaged Tories. They appeared as if they were following . . . conservatism to the grave (Bathurst Courier, Feb. 5, 1836).
- 1958 . . . when the CCF and Social Credit parties claim that there is no appreciable difference between Liberalism and Conservatism it is evident that they have something different in mind. . . .
- 1836 (1965) Never did we see such an assemblage of long-visaged Tories. They appeared as if they were following . . . conservatism to the grave (Bathurst Courier, Feb. 5, 1836).