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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. (US, economics) A fiscal conservative
  3. (US, politics) A political conservative
  4. (US, social sciences) A social 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. (British, politics) Relating to the Conservative party.
  6. (physics) (no comparative or superlative) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

Translations

tending to resist change
  • Hebrew: שמרני (shamrany) m., שמרנית (shamranyt) f.
based on pessimistic assumptions
supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
US: relating to the Republican party
UK: relating to the 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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