Definitions for conservative
kənˈsɜr və tɪvcon·ser·va·tive

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conservative, conservativistnoun

   a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas

2. Conservativeadjective

   a member of a Conservative Party

3. conservativeadjective

   resistant to change

4. conservativeadjective

   having social or political views favoring conservatism

5. cautious, conservativeadjective

   avoiding excess

   "a conservative estimate"

6. button-down, buttoned-down, conservativeadjective

   unimaginatively conventional

   "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

7. bourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective

   conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class

   "a bourgeois mentality"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conservativenoun

   A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.

2. conservativenoun

   A fiscal conservative

3. conservativenoun

   A political conservative

4. conservativenoun

   A social conservative.

5. conservativeadjective

   Tending to resist change.

   The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.

6. conservativeadjective

   Based on pessimistic assumptions.

   At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.

7. conservativeadjective

   Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.

8. conservativeadjective

   Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.

9. conservativeadjective

   Relating to the Conservative Party.

10. conservativeadjective

    Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.

11. Conservativenoun

    Conservative Party

12. Conservativenoun

    A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.

13. Conservativenoun

    A member of the Conservative party.

14. Conservativenoun

    A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors

15. Etymology: From servare

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Conservativeadjective

   Having the power of opposing diminution or injury.

   Etymology: from conservo, Latin.

   The spherical figure, as to all heavenly bodies, so it agreeeth to light, as the most perfect and conservative of all others. Henry Peacham.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Conservative

   Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears. In Western culture, depending on the particular nation, conservatives seek to promote a range of social institutions such as the nuclear family, organized religion, the military, property rights, monarchy, and parliamentary government. Conservatives tend to favor institutions and practices that guarantee stability and evolved gradually. Adherents of conservatism often oppose certain aspects of modernity (for example mass culture and secularism) and seek a return to traditional values, though different groups of conservatives may choose different traditional values to preserve.The first established use of the term in a political context originated in 1818 with François-René de Chateaubriand during the period of Bourbon Restoration that sought to roll back the policies of the French Revolution. Historically associated with right-wing politics, the term has since been used to describe a wide range of views. There is no single set of policies regarded as conservative because the meaning of conservatism depends on what is considered traditional in a given place and time. Conservative thought has varied considerably as it has adapted itself to existing traditions and national cultures. For example, some conservatives advocate for greater economic intervention, while others advocate for a more laissez faire free-market economic system. Thus, conservatives from different parts of the world—each upholding their respective traditions—may disagree on a wide range of issues. Edmund Burke, an 18th-century politician who opposed the French Revolution but supported the American Revolution, is credited as one of the main theorists of conservatism in the 1790s.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Conservativeadjective

   having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative

2. Conservativeadjective

   tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation

3. Conservativeadjective

   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

4. Conservativenoun

   one who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver

5. Conservativenoun

   one who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical

6. Conservativenoun

   a member of the Conservative party

7. Etymology: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. conservative

   One who is opposed to the things he is in favor of.

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conservative' in Nouns Frequency: #1372

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'conservative' in Adjectives Frequency: #201

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1. conversative

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of conservative in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of conservative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of conservative in a Sentence

1. Chief Executive Officer Mark Bertolini:

   We took a conservative view of what we would need to divest.

2. Steve Scalise:

   It's not about right or wrong, it's about the focus of Conservative Political Action Conference, and focusing on pushing back on the agenda that's being pushed by the Biden administration.

3. Ian Blackford:

   The president of the United States of America will regretfully have the red carpet rolled out for him by this Conservative government, but from the public, the welcome will be far from warm.

4. The Republican Party Ryan:

   There's been a real political currency to attacking the establishment as it's being defined, i do believe that when we get through the primary season we will have unification of the conservative movement and our party.

5. Wade Henderson:

   His comments strongly reinforce the skepticism that many in the black community have about the sincerity of his outreach and his understanding of the complexity of inequality in American life, outreach to the black community is important, but a doctrinaire conservative response to Baltimore's unrest is no substitute for a willingness to learn about systemic injustice or to confront the harsh realities of police abuse. I expected more from him.

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