conservative
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See also Conservative
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
conservative (plural conservatives)
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
- (US, economics) A fiscal conservative
- (US, politics) A political conservative
- (US, social sciences) A social conservative.
[edit] Translations
one who favors the status quo
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UK: member of the Conservative party
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fiscal conservative
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political conservative
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social conservative
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Canadian conservative
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[edit] Adjective
conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)
- Tending to resist change.
- The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
- Based on pessimistic assumptions.
- At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
- (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (US, politics) Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.
- (UK, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
- (physics) (no comparative or superlative) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
[edit] Translations
tending to resist change
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based on pessimistic assumptions
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supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
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US: relating to the Republican party
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UK: relating to the Conservative party
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physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity
[edit] Related terms
- anticonservative
- Conservative
- conserve
- conservationist
- conservatism
- conservator
- fiscal conservative
- political conservative
- social conservative
- small-c conservative
[edit] See also
Conservative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia- Labour Party
- liberal
- Republican party
- Tory
[edit] French
[edit] Adjective
conservative f.
- feminine form of conservatif
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
conservative f.
- Feminine plural form of conservativo
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Adjective
conservātive
- vocative masculine singular of conservātivus