Stability

Stability refers to those words and images which emphasize the favorable aspects of the past, of conserving older things, of tradition and heritage.. In our mobile, rootless society, many people yearn for stability and this "search for roots" has a strong appeal for some people.

Sometimes stability implies moderation: in politics, the mainstream, the middle, even-handed, balanced, avoiding the extremes; keeping things as they are, the status quo; in products, the popular, the commonly accepted, the usual, the tried-and-true.

In contrast, some ads emphasize novelty, the new, the modern, progress, and change.


Product-centered ads make claims and promises to stress the good qualities of the product: explicitly said in words, or implicitly suggested using words and images
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Key Words


aged
ancient
antique
balanced
classic, classical
conservation, conserve
continuous
established
even-handed
ever since
for over ___ years
heritage
historic
history
maturity, mature
moderate, moderation
nostalgic
old fashioned
old style
past
permanent
preserve
proven
ripe
seasoned
time-tested
tradition, traditional
tried and true
unchanging
yesteryear.