conservative

con·ser·va·tive  (kn-sûrv-tv)

adj.

1. Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.

2. Traditional or restrained in style: a conservative dark suit.

3. Moderate; cautious: a conservative estimate.

4.

a. Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism.

b. Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement.

5. Conservative Of or belonging to the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.

6. Conservative Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism.

7. Tending to conserve; preservative: the conservative use of natural resources.

n.

1. One favoring traditional views and values.

2. A supporter of political conservatism.

3. Conservative A member or supporter of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom or the Progressive Conservative Party in Canada.

4. Archaic A preservative agent or principle.

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con·serva·tive·ly adv.

con·serva·tive·ness n.

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conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv]

adj

1. favouring the preservation of established customs, values, etc., and opposing innovation

2. of, characteristic of, or relating to conservatism

3. tending to be moderate or cautious a conservative estimate

4. conventional in style or type a conservative suit

5. (Medicine) Med (of treatment) designed to alleviate symptoms Compare radical [4]

6. (Physics / General Physics) Physics a field of force, system, etc., in which the work done moving a body from one point to another is independent of the path taken between them electrostatic fields of force are conservative

n

1. a person who is reluctant to change or consider new ideas; conformist

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter or advocate of conservatism

adj & n

(Cookery) a less common word for preservative

conservatively  adv

conservativeness  n

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Conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv]

adj (in Britain, Canada, and elsewhere)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of, supporting, or relating to a Conservative Party

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) of, relating to, or characterizing Conservative Judaism

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a supporter or member of a Conservative Party

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conservative - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas conservativist adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward capitalist - a conservative advocate of capitalism conformist - someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) fuddy-duddy - a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance; "you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun" hardliner - a conservative who is uncompromising minimalist - a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics mossback - an extremely old-fashioned conservative neocon, neoconservative - a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative - an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism right-winger, rightist - a member of a right wing political party square toes, square - a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views diehard, traditionalist - one who adheres to traditional views liberal, liberalist, progressive - a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
	2.	Conservative - a member of a Conservative Party fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"
Adj.	1.	conservative - resistant to change orthodox - adhering to what is commonly accepted; "an orthodox view of the world" right - of or belonging to the political or intellectual right liberal - tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
	2.	conservative - having social or political views favoring conservatism right - of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
	3.	conservative - avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" cautious moderate - being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
	4.	conservative - unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek button-down, buttoned-down conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"
	5.	conservative - conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" bourgeois, materialistic middle-class - occupying a socioeconomic position intermediate between those of the lower classes and the wealthy

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conservative

adjective

traditional, guarded, quiet, conventional, moderate, cautious, sober, reactionary, die-hard, middle-of-the-road, hidebound People tend to be more adventurous when they're young and more conservative as they get older.
traditional liberal, radical, progressive, innovative, imaginative

noun

traditionalist, moderate, reactionary, die-hard, middle-of-the-roader, stick-in-the-mud (informal) The new judge is regarded as a conservative.
traditionalist changer, radical, progressive, innovator

Quotations
"I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past" [John Maynard Keynes The End of Laissez-Faire]
"A man who is determined never to move out of the beaten road cannot lose his way" [William Hazlitt The Round Table]
"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward" [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution" [Hannah Arendt]
"Conservative: a statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others" [Ambrose Bierce The Cynic's Word Book]

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Conservative

adjective

Tory, Republican (U.S.), right-wing Even among Conservative voters, more than a third disapprove of the tax.

noun

Tory, Republican (U.S.), right-winger Up to eighty Conservatives are expected to vote against the bill.

Quotations
"I've got money so I'm a Conservative" [Lord Thomson of Fleet]
"I am driven into grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics" [Kingsley Amis]

Translations

Conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv] (Brit)

A. ADJ (Pol) → conservador
Conservative Party → Partido m Conservador

B. N (Pol) → conservador(a) m/f
to vote Conservative → votar a favor del partido Conservador

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conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv] ADJ

1. (= conventional) [person, suit, colour, ideas] → conservador

2. (= cautious) [attitude, approach, guess] → prudente, cauteloso
a conservative estimate → un cálculo prudente or cauteloso

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Conservative conservative [kənˈsɜː^rvətɪv] (British) (POLITICS)

adj → conservateur Conservative Party

n → conservateur/trice m/f

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conservative [kənˈsɜː^rvətɪv] adj

(in approach, behaviour) → conservateur/trice

(= conventional) [clothes] → classique

[estimate] → prudent(e)
at a conservative estimate → au bas mot, au moins

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conservative

adj

person, style → konservativ; (= cautious, moderate) → vorsichtig; at a conservative estimate → bei vorsichtiger Schätzung; I want something conservative (when buying clothes) → ich möchte etwas Gediegenes or Unauffälliges

(Pol) → konservativ; the Conservative Party (Brit) → die Konservative Partei

n (Pol: also Conservative) → Konservative(r) mf; I’m a conservative in such matters → in solchen Dingen bin ich konservativ

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Conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv] adj & n (Brit) (Pol) → conservatore/trice

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conservative [kənˈsɜːvətɪv]

1. adj (Pol) (person, style) → conservatore/trice; (estimate, guess) → prudente

2. n → conservatore/trice

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