Conservative
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- noun
- /kənˈsɜːrvətɪv/
- UK
:
conservador
- Conservatives want to conserve.
- liberals and Conservatives
- the Conservative Party
- religious Conservatives
I think it's very odd, the Conservatives, how they've played Brexit.
- I think it's very odd, the Conservatives, how they've played Brexit.
- South Park mocks Christian conservatives all the time.
- What was a really a tough year for conservatives and Republicans around the country.
- And then I got to the final chapter of How to Be a Conservative, where he admits it.
- But they were saying that Jews are the only people who vote conservative or Tories in in the UK.
- Now I I don't vote Conservative or Labour, I vote the man or the woman.
- Or Republican versus Democrat, liberal versus conservative, that type of stuff.
- The Times is creating more conservatives than Hillsdale these days.
- Arizona, you know, is a, you know, helps define what conservative means in American politics.
Examples
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In this closely fought election saw the Conservatives triumphed by a tiny majority.
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He's the head of the American Conservative Union.
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What we're being told is Conservatives have absolutely no power.
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The election victory of the Conservatives also did not change anything.
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At the same time, the Conservatives did Brexit.
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After being in power for generations, the Conservatives have lost, rejected by voters.
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You have friends in the Liberal party yet you offer to finance the Conservatives.
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I think it's very odd, the Conservatives, how they've played Brexit.
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Liberals embrace science while conservatives reject it.
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The Conservatives won the election with a majority after a hard-fought campaign.
Synonyms
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A person who supports conservative or traditional political ideas
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A person who supports or belongs to the Conservative Party in the UK
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A person who supports strong government, military action abroad and traditional social values
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A person who supports conservative political ideas
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A person who strongly supports traditional beliefs and opposes social change
A person who does not like change and new ideas
Compounds
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A major political party that supports private business and smaller government
A branch of Judaism that keeps tradition but adapts some religious laws for modern life
A branch of Judaism between Orthodox and Reform that keeps tradition while allowing modern study and change
How Conservative
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- UK
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651
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Conservative = conservative (semi-transparent) = conserve + ative
The noun is a conventional conversion from the adjective 'conservative', whose meaning is recognizable, but the political-party sense is specialized.
Etymology
Conservative comes from the Latin word conservare, which means 'to keep' or 'to preserve', and you can see the same root in conserve and conservation. So a Conservative is someone who wants to 'keep' traditions and the way things are, especially in politics.