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conservative
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)
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
- (politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
- (politics) A political conservative.
- (US, economics) A fiscal conservative.
- (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)
- Cautious.
- Tending to resist change or innovation.
- Based on pessimistic assumptions.
- (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (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.
- 1830, Quarterly Rev.
- (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
- Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
- (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
- (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
- (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.
- 2000, G. Puddu et al., "Achilles Tendon Injuries" in The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine, ?ISBN, page 200:
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
- feminine singular of conservatif
Interlingua
Adjective
conservative (comparative plus conservative, superlative le plus conservative)
- conservative
Italian
Adjective
conservative
- 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
- 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)
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rightwinger
English
Noun
rightwinger (plural rightwingers)
- Alternative form of right-winger
See also
- archconservative
- leftwinger
- superconservative
rightwinger From the web:
- what does right winger mean
- what is a right winger
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