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 Definition of 'conservative':

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1. (noun) conservative, conservativist
a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas


2. (noun) Conservative
a member of a Conservative Party


3. (adj) conservative
resistant to change


4. (adj) conservative
having social or political views favoring conservatism


5. (adj) cautious, conservative
avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"

6. (adj) button-down, buttoned-down, conservative
unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

7. (adj) bourgeois, conservative, materialistic
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
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