resisting change, desiring to preserve traditions; cautious
person who is resistant to change; cautious person
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Conservative Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Conservative Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
(n.)
One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
(n.)
A member of the Conservative party.
A member of the Conservative party.
(a.)
Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.
Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the Conservative party in England; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.
(a.)
Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutHaving power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
conservative
\con*serv"a*tive\ (?), a. [cf. f. conservatif.]
1. having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
2. tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.
3. of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government, as the conservative party in england; -- contradistinguished from liberal and radical. we have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the tory, and which might with more propriety be called the conservative, party. rev. (1830).
conservative
system (mech.), a material system of such a nature that after the system has undergone any series of changes, and been brought back in any manner to its original state, the whole work done by external agents on the system is equal to the whole work done by the system overcoming external forces. lerk maxwell.
conservative
\con*serv"a*tive\ (?), n. 1. one who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver. the holy spirit is the great conservative of the new life. taylor.
2. one who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
3. (eng. hist.) a member of the conservative party.
conservative
adj
1. resistant to change [ant: liberal]
2. opposed to liberal reforms
3. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: cautious]
4. unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- newsweek [syn: button-down, buttoned-down]
5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, materialistic]
n : a person who has conservative ideas or opinions [syn: conservativist]
[ant: liberal]
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conservative evaluation
conservative system
Adhering to the existing order of things.
Conservative, (n.)
A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.
Noun
1. a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
(synonym) conservativist
(antonym) liberal, progressive
(hypernym) adult, grownup
(hyponym) capitalist
Adjective
1. resistant to change
(antonym) liberal
(similar) blimpish
(see-also) orthodox
(attribute) political orientation, ideology, political theory
2. opposed to liberal reforms
(similar) right
3. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
(synonym) cautious
(similar) moderate
4. unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek
(synonym) button-down, buttoned-down
(similar) conventional
5. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
(synonym) bourgeois, materialistic
(similar) middle-class
Conservative Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Conservatism (, "to preserve") is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism and seek a return to "the way things were". The first established use of the term in a political context was by François-René de Chateaubriand in 1819, following the French Revolution. The term, historically associated with right-wing politics, has since been used to describe a wide range of views.
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