conservative
See also: Conservative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French conservatif, from Latin conservare
Noun[edit]
conservative (plural conservatives)
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- (US, economics) A fiscal conservative
- (US, politics) A political conservative
- (US, social sciences) A social conservative.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
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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Adjective[edit]
conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)
- Cautious.
- Tending to resist change or innovation.
- 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.
- (Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
- 1830, Quarterly Rev.
- We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party.
- 1830, Quarterly Rev.
- (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
- Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
- (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
- (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:conservative.
Related terms[edit]
- anticonservative
- Conservative
- conserve
- conservationist
- conservatism
- conservator
- fiscal conservative
- political conservative
- social conservative
- small-c conservative
Translations[edit]
cautious — see cautious
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
See also[edit]
conservative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Labour Party
- liberal
- Republican party
- Tory
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
conservative
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
conservative f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
conservātive
References[edit]
- conservative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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