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unconservative

unconservative

1 7.0
Supporting political and social change and new ideas
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnkənˈsɜːrvətɪv/
: progresista
  • In her speech, she advocated for an unconservative approach to education that embraced innovative technology.

Examples

  • The unconservative reforms proposed by the new leader aimed to modernize the country's economic policies.

  • Many young voters prefer candidates with unconservative views on social issues.

  • Despite winning the nomination of our conservative party, Trump, then, is a deeply unconservative proposition.

    Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

liberal
vsunconservative
758 4.4

Having political views that support social change and people's freedoms

describes the same stance but as opposition to right-leaning views
ultraliberal
vsunconservative
1 7.2

Very supportive of social change and personal freedoms

expresses similar direction but is milder and less extreme
nonconservative
vsunconservative
1 7.2

Supporting political change and new social policies

is identical in meaning and used as the main descriptor

Antonyms

∞ 4.6

Does not want big changes and likes traditional values

How Conservative

right-wing
213 4.9
conservative
778 4.4
centrist
23 4.2
unconservative
1 7.0
progressive
278 4.8
radical
91 6.3

Surface Forms

unconservative positive

Morphology

unconservative = conservative (transparent) = un + conservative

The political sense is a direct negation of 'conservative' (not holding conservative political views) via the productive prefix 'un-'.

Etymology

The word unconservative starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest is conservative, a word for people who want to 'keep' older social or political ways. So unconservative describes someone who does not support conservative views and prefers change or more liberal ideas.