conservative
- noun
- /kənˈsɜːrvətɪv/
- I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.
- liberals and conservatives
- conservatives tend to view
- social conservatives
It's a guy in Italy who's a conservative who is pro Trump.
- It's a guy in Italy who's a conservative who is pro Trump.
- And can you not see that the conservatives could be pro communism?
- You had Kagan and Sotomayor joining conservatives in different cases.
- But Carrie Lake is trying to rally conservatives by leaning into Trump.
- That's not the best way to appeal perhaps to a conservative on this issue.
- This we is what conservatives should try to conserve, in Scruton's opinion.
- Like conservatives don't think it's a big deal.
- And it is brought about by two conservatives in the US and the UK and a Russian.
- My line as a Christian and conservative is reality.
- And I think knowing more liberals than than conservatives, they just blind to them, you know?
- I think socialists and some people, some conservatives think the economy is just mechanical.
- Anyway, so then you have the lazy and the scared conservatives.
Examples
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And so I'm one of the conservative students here in the body.
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My line as a Christian and conservative is reality.
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So I did not grow up in a conservative household at all.
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You were alive and a prominent conservative voice back then.
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This is a very strong belief of conservative Americans.
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There are millions of young conservatives in this country.
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But Carrie Lake is trying to rally conservatives by leaning into Trump.
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A conservative tends to advocate for preserving established beliefs and traditions in society.
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She identified herself as a conservative who values traditional family structures and customs.
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Many conservatives in the community support policies that protect longstanding cultural practices.
Synonyms
Against social or political change and wanting society to go back to how it was
A person who supports conservative or traditional political ideas
Very unwilling to accept change or new ideas
A person who supports or belongs to the Conservative Party in the UK
Holding strongly to old customs and resisting change
Behaving in a way that follows rules instead of trying new ideas
Very traditional in politics and strongly against change
A person who strongly supports traditional beliefs and opposes social change
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
A person who has very old-fashioned views about politics or society
A person who does not like change and new ideas
A person who prefers traditional ways and customs
A person who opposes extreme political change and prefers slow, moderate reform
Antonyms
Compounds
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Conservative as a noun comes from the Latin conservare 'to keep'. So a conservative is someone who wants to 'keep' old ideas and values rather than change them.