conservative

See also Conservative

English

Etymology

con- +‎ servare, From Latin to guard or protect

Noun

conservative (plural conservatives)

1. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
2. (US, economics) A fiscal conservative
3. (US, politics) A political conservative
4. (US, social sciences) A social conservative.

Synonyms

• traditionalist

Coordinate terms

• moderate, liberal, progressive, libertarian, centrist

Translations

one who favors the status quo

• Arabic: محافظ (ar) (miḩāfaz̧) m
• Bulgarian: консерватор (bg) (konservator) m
• Danish: konservativ (da)
• Finnish: vanhoillinen (fi), konservatiivi (fi)
• German: Konservativer (de) m
• Hebrew: שמרן (he) (shamran) m, שמרנית (he) (shamranyt) f

• Icelandic: íhaldssinni (is)
• Irish: coimeádach (ga) m
• Jèrriais: consèrvateu m
• Portuguese: conservador (pt) m
• Romanian: conservator (ro) m, conservatoare (ro) f
• Russian: консерватор (ru) (konservátor) m

UK: member of the Conservative party

• Bulgarian: консерватор (bg) (konservator) m
• Finnish: konservatiivi (fi)
• Jèrriais: consèrvateu m

• Romanian: conservator (ro) m, conservatoare (ro) f
• Russian: консерватор (ru) (konservátor) m

fiscal conservative

• Finnish: vanhoillinen (fi), konservatiivi (fi)

• Russian: консерватор (ru) (konservátor) m

political conservative

• Finnish: vanhoillinen (fi), konservatiivi (fi)
• Hebrew: שמרן (he) (shamran) m, שמרנית (he) (shamranyt) f
• Korean: 보수주의자 (ko), 보수주의자 (ko)

• Romanian: conservator (ro) m, conservatoare (ro) f
• Russian: консерватор (ru) (konservátor) m
• Spanish: conservador (es) m

social conservative

• Finnish: vanhoillinen (fi), konservatiivi (fi)
• Hebrew: שמרן (he) (shamran) m, שמרנית (he) (shamranyt) f

• Russian: консерватор (ru) (konservátor) m

Canadian conservative

• Finnish: konservatiivi (fi)
• French: conservateur (fr)

• Russian: консерватор (ru) (konservátor) m

Adjective

conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)

1. Tending to resist change.

   The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

2. Based on pessimistic assumptions.

   At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.

3. (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
4. (US, politics) Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.
5. (UK, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
6. (physics) (no comparative or superlative) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

tending to resist change

• Bulgarian: консервативен (bg) (konservativen)
• Czech: konzervativní (cs)
• Danish: konservativ (da)
• Esperanto: konservativa (eo)
• Finnish: vanhoillinen (fi), konservatiivinen (fi)
• French: conservateur (fr)

• German: konservativ (de)
• Hebrew: שמרני (he) (shamrany) m, שמרנית (he) (shamranyt) f
• Irish: coimeádach (ga)
• Russian: консервативный (ru) (konservatívnyj)
• Swedish: bakåtsträvande (sv), gammaldags (sv)

based on pessimistic assumptions

• Bulgarian: умерен (bg) (umeren), внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen)
• Finnish: varovainen (fi), konservatiivinen (fi)

• Russian: умеренный (ru) (umérennyj)

supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism

• Bulgarian: консервативен (bg) (konservativen)
• Esperanto: konservativa (eo)
• Finnish: vanhoillinen (fi), konservatiivinen (fi)

• Russian: консервативный (ru) (konservatívnyj)
• Spanish: conservador (es)

US: relating to the Republican party

• Finnish: republikaaninen (fi)
• Russian: республиканский (ru) (respublikánskij)

• Yiddish: קאנסערוואטיוו (yi)

UK: relating to the Conservative party

• Finnish: konservatiivinen (fi)

• Russian: консервативный (ru) (konservatívnyj)

physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity

Related terms

• anticonservative
• Conservative
• conserve
• conservationist
• conservatism
• conservator
• fiscal conservative
• political conservative
• social conservative
• small-c conservative

See also

• Conservative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Labour Party
• liberal
• Republican party
• Tory

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French

Adjective

conservative

1. feminine form of conservatif

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Italian

Adjective

conservative f pl

1. Feminine plural form of conservativo

Anagrams

• conservatevi

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Latin

Adjective

conservātive

1. vocative masculine singular of conservātivus