Sixty-four expert essays gave sixty-four different definitions of conservatism

Evidence

That is just the first step into the quagmire. See the symposium in the September 1976 issue of Commentary, entitled ““What Is a Liberal—Who Is a Conservative?” It contains sixty-four essays on the matter by well-informed writers from many fields. Overall, they provide sixty-four different answers. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 626

Categorization

• CANDY: A concrete, quotable demonstration that ‘conservative’ has no expert consensus — elevator-friendly.
• SHARE: Worth sending to anyone working on political-psychology construct validity who takes ‘everyone knows what conservative means’ as a given.