Toryism
Right-wing UK politics
Toryism is the political philosophy associated with British Tories—traditionally emphasizing tradition, established institutions, monarchy, and social hierarchy.
The term covers a range of conservative positions from 17th-century royalists to modern Conservative Party ideology.
In broader use, Toryism suggests resistance to radical change and preference for gradual reform within existing structures: His Toryism made him suspicious of revolutionary movements.
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- monarchismAdvocacy for royal sovereignty
- unionismAdvocacy for worker collectives
- paternalismControlling others for their good
hierarchy · establishmentarianism · loyalism · constitutionalism · imperialism · aristocracy · protectionism · gradualism
Right-leaning political organization
- WestminsterLondon's political center
- ThatcherismBritish free-market conservatism
- DisraeliVictorian-era British leader
- BurkeIrish family name
backbencher · Euroscepticism · Commonwealth · Anglican · gentry · cavalier · Jacobite · crown
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
- StuartScottish-origin English dynasty
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change
- landed gentryLandowning class living on rents
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- monarchismAdvocacy for royal sovereignty
- unionismAdvocacy for worker collectives
paternalism · hierarchy · establishmentarianism · loyalism · constitutionalism · imperialism · aristocracy · protectionism · gradualism · institutionalism
Conservative Party
Right-leaning political organization
- WestminsterLondon's political center
- ThatcherismBritish free-market conservatism
- DisraeliVictorian-era British leader
Burke · backbencher · Euroscepticism · Commonwealth · Anglican · gentry · cavalier · Jacobite · crown
royalist
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
- StuartScottish-origin English dynasty
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change
landed gentry · established church · divine right · prerogative · patronage
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- ToriesConservative Party, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher
- center-rightChristian Democrats, CSU, Conservative Party, Angela Merkel, Merkel
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
Toryismsocialism
Communal economic control
social democracy · trade unionism · democratic socialism · liberalism · left-wing politics
Toryismradicalism
Pursuit of sweeping change
egalitarianism · revolutionary politics · progressivism · republicanism · anarchism
Toryismsocialism
Communal economic control
communism · Marxism · collectivism · syndicalism · anarcho-communism