conservative stance

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conservative
adjective
uk
/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/us
/kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/
not usually liking or trusting change, especially ...
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stance
noun[C]
uk
/stɑːns/us
/stæns/
a way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly ...
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In response to the announced counter-demonstration, however, the government altered its position to a moreconservativestance.
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Theconservativestanceprefers university programmes for older people to distance themselves from any critical or participative position and to have a relatively rigid structure, in both content and organisation.
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He is notable for his generallyconservativestanceon political issues in his writings.
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During his career, despite hisconservativestance, he never hesitated to express his opinions, which caused some criticism.
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Itsconservativestancealarmed the radicals at "unu" magazine.
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He takes aconservativestanceon social issues, and is also resolutely anti-liberal on economic issues.
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He replaced the party's socialconservativestance, replacing it with a social liberal value system while still keeping fiscal conservative values.
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He also opposed the party's decision to adopt democratic socialism as its ideology, preferring a moreconservativestance.
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The newspaper's editorials are characterized by aconservativestanceon immigration and social issues.
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The party took a stronglyconservativestancein most policy areas.
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The party takes very conservative stances on social and fiscal issues.
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He took conservative stances on significant issues.
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