Conservative Party (redirected from Conservative (political party))

Conservative Party

n.

A major political party of the United Kingdom, characterized by moderate progressivism.

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Conservative Party

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) the major right-wing party, which developed from the Tories in the 1830s. It advocates a mixed economy, and encourages property owning and free enterprise In full Conservative and Unionist Party

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Canada) short for Progressive Conservative Party

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in other countries) any of various political parties generally opposing change

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Conservative Party - a political party (especially in Great Britain or Australia) that believes in the importance of a capitalist economy with private ownership rather than state control party, political party - an organization to gain political power; "in 1992 Perot tried to organize a third party at the national level"

Translations

Conservative Party n (Brit) the Conservative Party → il partito conservatore