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preservationism

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  • noun The beliefs and practices of a preservationist.

Etymologies

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preservation +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • The claim that there is a key diachronic element to the justification of memory belief has come to be known as preservationism.

    Epistemological Problems of Memory Senor, Thomas D. 2009

  • As we use our public lands, we continue to debate whether we should be guided by preservationism or conservationism.

    AP Environmental Science Chapter 23- Environmental Ethics 2008

  • In fact, deep ecology can be seen as a contemporary development of the preservationism first espoused by Muir.

    Deep ecology 2006

  • The Upper East Side Historic District was the high-water mark of preservationism in the age of Ed Koch.

    City Journal 2010

  • The Church, concludes the ecumenical patriarch, which by its educational activities instructed the people of God in revealed truth through the centuries, owes much to these schools of human thought, which contributed to man's intellectual and spiritual development, drawing him away from useless preservationism.

    Spero News 2009

  • Only one system of ideas and values, only one code of ethics and morality - racial preservationism - can challenge racial nihilism.

    The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008

  • Racial preservationism is the "to be" to racial nihilism's "not to be."

    The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008

  • On Christmas Eve, he wrote the first letter addressed explicitly to the Muscatine Journal, indulging a bit of tabloid journalism a fire fatality’s “feet were burned off, his face burnt to a crisp, and his head crushed in”.22 He mixed patriotic travelogue and grumpy preservationism.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

  • On Christmas Eve, he wrote the first letter addressed explicitly to the Muscatine Journal, indulging a bit of tabloid journalism a fire fatality’s “feet were burned off, his face burnt to a crisp, and his head crushed in”.22 He mixed patriotic travelogue and grumpy preservationism.

    Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

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