退たい嬰えい主しゅ義ぎ

noun

backward-looking ideology; conservatism

A formal, somewhat academic term for a philosophy or mindset that resists progress and clings to the past. Often used in political or social commentary.

• 彼かれの退たい嬰えい主しゅ義ぎ的てきな考かんがえ方かたには賛さん成せいできない。

  I cannot agree with his backward-looking way of thinking.

• その政せい党とうは退たい嬰えい主しゅ義ぎを掲かかげて改かい革かくに反はん対たいした。

  That political party opposed reform under the banner of conservatism.