Conservative
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English
Noun
conservative (conservatives)
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
- (UK) A member of the Conservative party.
- (US) A fiscal conservative
- (US) A political conservative
- (US) A social conservative.
- (US) One who favors the Republican party, regardless of its conservatism in other senses.
Adjective
conservative, more conservative, 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) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (US) Relating to the Republican party, regardless of its conservatism.
- (UK) Relating to the Conservative party.
- (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Translations
- Finnish: konservatiivi
Related Words
- conserve
- conservationist
- conservatism
- conservator
- fiscal conservative
- political conservative
- social conservative