Antedating of "Conservatism"

[Fred Shapiro]

conservatism (OED 1835)

1834 _Fraser's Mag._ Jan. 119 (Periodicals Archive Online)  The men of
England, once the prop and pride of established order, the pillar of
conservatism.

Fred Shapiro


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