different between conservative vs peculiar

English

Etymology

From Middle French conservatif, from Latin c?nserv? (“to preserve”). Equivalent to conserve +? -ative.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?v?t?v/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s??v?t?v/
• Hyphenation: con?ser?va?tive

Noun

conservative (plural conservatives)

1. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
   1. (politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
   2. (politics) A political conservative.
   3. (US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
   4. (US, social sciences) A social conservative.

   Synonyms: traditionalist, right-winger, reactionary

   Hyponym: small-c conservative

   Coordinate terms: moderate, liberal, progressive, libertarian, centrist

Translations

Adjective

conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)

1. Cautious.
2. Tending to resist change or innovation.

3. Based on pessimistic assumptions.

4. (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
5. (Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
   • 1830, Quarterly Rev.

     We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative, party.

6. (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
7. Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
8. (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
9. (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
10. (medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
    • 2000, G. Puddu et al., "Achilles Tendon Injuries" in The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, ?ISBN, page 200:

      Operative treatment should be reserved for those patients in whom conservative treatment has failed and who are motivated with regard to sports.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:conservative.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• conservative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• conservative at OneLook Dictionary Search
• conservative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• conservative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• conversative

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??.va.tiv/
• Homophone: conservatives

Adjective

conservative

1. feminine singular of conservatif

Interlingua

Adjective

conservative (comparative plus conservative, superlative le plus conservative)

1. conservative

Italian

Adjective

conservative

1. feminine plural of conservativo

Anagrams

• conservatevi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon.ser.u?a??ti?.u?e/, [kõ?s??ru?ä??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.ser.va?ti.ve/, [k?ns?rv??t?i?v?]

Adjective

c?nserv?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of c?nserv?t?vus

References

• conservative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

From Latin pec?li?ris (“one's own”), from pec?lium (“private property”), from pecus (“cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??kju?l.j???/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [p???k?ju?l.j??]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [p???k?jul.j???], [p???k?jul.j?]

Adjective

peculiar (comparative more peculiar, superlative most peculiar)

1. Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.

   Synonyms: odd, strange, uncommon, unusual

   Antonyms: common, mediocre, ordinary, usual

2. Common or usual for a certain place or circumstance; specific or particular.

   Synonym: specific

   Antonyms: common, general, universal

3. (dated) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not shared or possessed by others.
4. (dated) Particular; individual; special; appropriate.

Synonyms

• (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:strange
• (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:specific

Antonyms

• (out of the ordinary): see also Thesaurus:normal
• (common or usual in a particular place or circumstance): see also Thesaurus:generic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

peculiar (plural peculiars)

1. That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic.
   • before 1716, Robert South, Twelve Sermons

     If anything can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person; but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven.

2. (Britain, canon law) an ecclesiastical district, parish, chapel or church outside the jurisdiction of the bishop of the diocese in which it is situated.

See also

• peculiar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Peculiar in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

Anagrams

• pericula

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pec?li?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?.ku.li?a/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe.ku.li?a?/

Adjective

peculiar (masculine and feminine plural peculiars)

1. peculiar

Derived terms

• peculiarment

Related terms

• peculiaritat

Further reading

• “peculiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “peculiar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “peculiar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “peculiar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pec?li?ris.

Adjective

peculiar m or f (plural peculiares, comparable)

1. peculiar; unusual; strange

   Synonyms: esquisito, estranho

2. peculiar (common or usual for a particular place or circumstance)

   Synonym: particular

Related terms

• peculiaridade

Further reading

• “peculiar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pec?li?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peku?lja?/, [pe.ku?lja?]

Adjective

peculiar (plural peculiares)

1. peculiar