Complete Definition of "conservative"

English

Noun
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  1. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
  2. context|UK|politics A member of the Conservative party.
  3. context|US|economics A fiscal conservative
  4. context|US|politics A political conservative
  5. context|US|social sciences A social conservative.
  6. context|Canada|politics (uncapitalized) An adherent of any strain o fconservatism. (Capitalized) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors.

Translations
trans-top|one who favors the status quo
Hebrew: ש�ר� (shamran) m, ש�רנ�ת (shamranyt) f
Icelandic: íhaldssinni
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Romanian: conservator m conservatoare f
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trans-top|member of the Conservative party
Finnish: konservatiivi
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Romanian: conservator m conservatoare f
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fiscal conservative

trans-top|political conservative
Finnish: konservatiivi
Hebrew: ש�ר� (shamran) m, ש�רנ�ת (shamranyt) f
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Romanian: conservator m conservatoare f
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trans-top|social conservative
Hebrew: ש�ר� (shamran) m, ש�רנ�ת (shamranyt) f
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trans-top|Canadian conservative
French: conservateur
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Adjective
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  1. Tending to resist change.

#: The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

  1. Based on pessimistic assumptions.

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

  1. context|US|economics|politics|social sciences Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
  2. context|US|politics Relating to the Republican party, regardless of its conservatism.
  3. context|UK|politics Relating to the Conservative party.
  4. context|physics notcomp Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

Translations
trans-top|tending to resist change
Hebrew: ש�רנ� (shamrany) m, ש�רנ�ת (shamranyt) f
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based on pessimistic assumptions

trans-top|supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
Finnish: konservatiivinen
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relating to the Republican party

relating to the Conservative party

neither creating nor destroying a given quantity

Related terms
conserve
conservationist
conservatism
conservator
fiscal conservative
political conservative
social conservative

See also
Labour party
liberal
Republican party
Tory


French

Adjective
conservative

  1. feminine of|conservatif

Italian

Adjective
conservative f

  1. Feminine plural form of conservativo

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