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[ English

[ Noun

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Singular
conservative

Plural
conservatives

conservative (plural conservatives)

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

[ Translations

one who favors the status quo
UK: member of the Conservative party
fiscal conservative
political conservative
social conservative
Canadian conservative

[ Adjective

conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)

Positive
conservative

Comparative
more conservative

Superlative
most conservative
  1. Tending to resist change.
    The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
  2. Based on pessimistic assumptions.
    At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
  3. (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
  4. (US, politics) Relating to the Republican party, regardless of its conservatism.
  5. (UK, politics) Relating to the Conservative party.
  6. (physics) (no comparative or superlative) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

[ Translations

tending to resist change
based on pessimistic assumptions
supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
US: relating to the Republican party
UK: relating to thee Conservative party
physics: neither creating nor destroying a given quantity

[ Related terms

[ See also

[ French

[ Adjective

conservative

  1. Feminine form of conservatif.

[ Italian

[ Adjective

conservative f.

  1. Feminine plural form of conservativo
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