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conservative definition
conservative |
Grep of noun conservative conservative conservative jew conservative judaism conservative party ultraconservative Overview of noun conservative The noun conservative has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) conservative, conservativist -- (a person who has conservative ideas or opinions) Overview of adj conservative The adj conservative has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (11) conservative -- (resistant to change) 2. (1) conservative -- (opposed to liberal reforms) 3. (1) cautious, conservative -- (avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate") 4. button-down, buttoned-down, conservative -- (unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek) 5. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic -- (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality") Antonyms of adj conservative 5 senses of conservative Sense 1 conservative (vs. liberal) liberal (vs. conservative) => civil-libertarian => liberalistic => neoliberal => progressive, reformist => socialized, socialised => welfarist, welfare(postnominal), welfare-statist Sense 2 conservative INDIRECT (VIA center, right) -> left INDIRECT (VIA right left) -> center Sense 3 cautious, conservative INDIRECT (VIA moderate) -> immoderate Sense 4 button-down, buttoned-down, conservative INDIRECT (VIA conventional, conventional) -> unconventional Sense 5 bourgeois, conservative, materialistic INDIRECT (VIA lower-class, middle-class) -> upper-class INDIRECT (VIA middle-class, upper-class) -> lower-class, low-class Similarity of adj conservative 5 senses of conservative Sense 1 conservative (vs. liberal) => blimpish => buttoned-up => fusty, standpat(postnominal), unprogressive, nonprogressive => hidebound, traditionalist => ultraconservative Also See-> orthodox#2; right#7 Sense 2 conservative => right (vs. left) (vs. center) Sense 3 cautious, conservative => moderate (vs. immoderate) Sense 4 button-down, buttoned-down, conservative => conventional (vs. unconventional) Sense 5 bourgeois, conservative, materialistic => middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class) Attributes of adj conservative 1 of 5 senses of conservative Sense 1 conservative (vs. liberal) => political orientation, ideology, political theory Familiarity of adj conservative conservative used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj conservative conservative ultraconservative Overview of noun conservative The noun conservative has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (3) conservative, conservativist -- (a person who has conservative ideas or opinions) Overview of adj conservative The adj conservative has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (11) conservative -- (resistant to change) 2. (1) conservative -- (opposed to liberal reforms) 3. (1) cautious, conservative -- (avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate") 4. button-down, buttoned-down, conservative -- (unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek) 5. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic -- (conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality")
conservative definition