conservatism
noun
the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.
overconservatism
-
a word derived from
conservatism.
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Many of A. & P.'s problems have been attributed to the overconservatism of an inbred management; top officers have always come up through the A. &P. ranks.
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