conservative

See also: Conservative

English

Etymology

From Middle French conservatif, from Latin conservare

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
• right-winger

Coordinate terms

• moderate, liberal, progressive, libertarian, centrist

Translations

one who favors the status quo

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

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

UK: member of the Conservative party

• Bulgarian: консерватор (bg) m (konservator)
• Finnish: konservatiivi (fi)
• German: Konservativer m, Konvervative f
• Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)

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

fiscal conservative

• Finnish: vanhoillinen, konservatiivi (fi)
• Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)

• Russian: консерватор (ru) m (konservátor)

political conservative

• Finnish: vanhoillinen, konservatiivi (fi)
• Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)
• Hebrew: שמרן m (shamran), שמרנית f (shamranyt)
• Korean: 보수주의자 (bosujuuija), 보수주의자 (bosujuuija)

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

social conservative

• Finnish: vanhoillinen, konservatiivi (fi)
• Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)

• Hebrew: שמרן m (shamran), שמרנית f (shamranyt)
• Russian: консерватор (ru) m (konservátor)

Canadian conservative

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

• Russian: консерватор (ru) m (konservátor)

Adjective

conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)

1. Tending to resist change or innovation.

   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.
   • 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.

6. (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
7. Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

Quotations

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

Translations

tending to resist change

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

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

based on pessimistic assumptions

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

• Greek: επιφυλακτικός (el) m (epifylaktikós), μετριοπαθής (el) m (metriopathís)
• Russian: умеренный (ru) (umérennyj)

supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism

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

• Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)
• Russian: консервативный (ru) (konservatívnyj)
• Spanish: conservador

US: relating to the Republican party

• Catalan: republicà
• Finnish: republikaaninen (fi)
• Greek: ρεπουμπλικανός m (repoumplikanós)

• Russian: республиканский (ru) (respublikánskij)
• Yiddish: קאנסערוואטיוו (knservtiv)

UK: relating to the Conservative party

• Catalan: conservador
• Finnish: konservatiivinen (fi)

• Greek: συντηρητικός (el) m (syntiritikós)
• 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 of conservativo

Anagrams

• conservatevi

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Latin

Adjective

conservātive

1. vocative masculine singular of conservātivus