Conservative Party

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Conservative Party

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

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Conserv′ative Par`ty

a political party in Great Britain founded about 1832 as successor to the Tories.

Conservative Party

A British right-of-center political party that developed from the 1832 electoral reforms and is the heir to the Tory Party. It was originally pragmatic rather than ideological in motivation.

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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"

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partito conservatore

Conservative Party

n (Brit) the Conservative Party → il partito conservatore

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On the other side, the conservative party, composed of the most moderate, able, and cultivated part of the population, is timid, and merely defensive of property.

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