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  CONSERVATIVE, n.  A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as
  distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with
  others.
  
  

  Conservative \Con*serv"a*tive\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury,
        innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
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              The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new
              life.                                 --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and
        customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in
        politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
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     3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.
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  Conservative \Con*serv"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. conservatif.]
     1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or
        from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
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     2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions;
        opposed to change or innovation.
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     3. 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.
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              We have always been conscientiously attached to what
              is called the Tory, and which might with more
              propriety be called the Conservative, party.
                                                    --Quart. Rev.
                                                    (1830).
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     Conservative system (Mech.), a material system of such a
        nature that after the system has undergone any series of
        changes, and been brought back in any manner to its
        original state, the whole work done by external agents on
        the system is equal to the whole work done by the system
        overcoming external forces.                 --Clerk
                                                    Maxwell.
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  Conservative \Con*serv"a*tive\, a. [Cf. F. conservatif.]
     1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or
        from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

  Conservative \Con*serv"a*tive\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury,
        innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.
  
              The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new
              life.                                 --Jer. Taylor.
  
     2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and
        customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in
        politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.
  
     3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.

  conservative
       adj 1: resistant to change [ant: liberal]
       2: opposed to liberal reforms
       3: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" [syn: cautious]
       4: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the
          buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek
          [syn: button-down, buttoned-down]
       5: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
          class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois, materialistic]
       n : a person who has conservative ideas or opinions [syn: conservativist]
           [ant: liberal]

  conservative
     Αγγλικά a.
     συντηρητικός
     Αγγλικά n.
     ο συντηρητικός (πολιτικά, κοινωνικά, οικονομικά)

  conservative
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr conservatif)
     Interlingua a.
     (l en conservative)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la cōnservātīvus  voc m s)

  Conservative
     n.
     1 (lb en politics) A member of a political party incorporating the
  word "Conservative" in its name.
     2 # (lb en British politics) A member of the Conservative party.
     3 # (lb en Canada politics) A member or supporter of the (w:
  Conservative Party of Canada), or its predecessors, or provincial
  equivalents, or their predecessors
     4 (lb en Judaism) pertaining to Conservative Judaism

  conservative
     a.
     1 cautious, moderate.
     2 Tending to resist change or innovation.
     3 Based on pessimistic assumptions.
     4 (lb en US economics politics social sciences) Supporting some
  combination of fiscal conservatism, political or social conservatism.
     5 (lb en British politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
     n.
     1 A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
     2 # (lb en politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional
  institutions of their country.
     3 # (lb en US politics) A person who favors decentralization of
  political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy.
     4 # (lb en US economics) A fiscal conservative.
     5 # (lb en US social sciences) A social conservative.

  Conservative
     n.
     1 (lb en politics) A member of a political party incorporating the
  word "Conservative" in its name.
     2 # (lb en British politics) A member of the Conservative party.
     3 # (lb en Canada politics) A member or supporter of the (w:
  Conservative Party of Canada), or its predecessors, or provincial
  equivalents, or their predecessors
     4 (lb en Judaism) pertaining to Conservative Judaism

  conservative
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr conservatif)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it conservativo  f p)

  Conservative
     n.
     1 (lb en politics) A member of a political party incorporating the
  word "Conservative" in its name.
     2 # (lb en British politics) A member of the Conservative party.
     3 # (lb en Canada politics) A member or supporter of the (w:
  Conservative Party of Canada), or its predecessors, or provincial
  equivalents, or their predecessors
     4 (lb en Judaism) pertaining to Conservative Judaism

  conservative
     French a.
     (feminine singular of fr conservatif)
     Interlingua a.
     (l en conservative)
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la cōnservātīvus  voc m s)

  Conservative
     n.
     1 (lb en politics) A member of a political party incorporating the
  word "Conservative" in its name.
     2 # (lb en British politics) A member of the Conservative party.
     3 # (lb en Canada politics) A member or supporter of the (w:
  Conservative Party of Canada), or its predecessors, or provincial
  equivalents, or their predecessors
     4 (lb en Judaism) pertaining to Conservative Judaism

  conservative
     Englanti a.
     1 konservatiivinen, oikeistolainen; vanhoillinen
     2 varovainen, maltillinen, hillitty
     3 säilyttävä, suojeleva
     Englanti n.
     1 säilyttäjä
     2 suoja-aine
     3 (''politiikka'') konservatiivi, oikeistolainen

  conservative
     Engelska a.
     konservativ
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=politik språk=en) konservativ person; person med
  konservativa åsikter

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  behoudend, behoudensgesind

  Conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  المحافظ

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  1. внимателен, умерен
  based on pessimistic assumptions
  2. консервативен 2.
  supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
   3.
  tending to resist change

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  консерватор 2.
  UK: member of the Conservative party
   3.
  one who favors the status quo

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/ 
  konzervativní

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/ 
  opatrný

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/ 
  konzervativec

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  Konservative , Konservativer
   see: conservatives
  

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  konservativ 
        "arch-conservative"  - stockkonservativ
   see: more conservative, most conservative
  

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  vorsichtig, zurückhaltend 

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  
  συντηρητικός

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  1. konservatiivinen
  UK: relating to the Conservative party
  2. republikaaninen
  US: relating to the Republican party
  3. konservatiivinen, varovainen
  based on pessimistic assumptions
  4. konservatiivinen, vanhoillinen 2.
  supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
   3.
  tending to resist change

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  1. konservatiivi 2.
  Canadian conservative
   3.
  UK: member of the Conservative party
  2. konservatiivi, vanhoillinen 2.
  fiscal conservative
   3.
  political conservative
   4.
  one who favors the status quo
   5.
  social conservative

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/ 
  1. रूढ़िवादी
        "She comes from a conservative family."

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  konzervativac, konzervativan, konzervativne

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  1. konzervatív
  2. óvatos

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  konservatif 2.
  supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
   3.
  tending to resist change

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  konservatif
  one who favors the status quo

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  1. 保守的, コンサーバティブ
  supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
  2. 保守的
  tending to resist change

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  保守派 2.
  one who favors the status quo
   3.
  political conservative

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  konservativ
  UK: member of the Conservative party

  conservative /kənˈsɜ:vətɪv/
  I.    konserwatywny
  II.    konserwatysta
  III.    ostrożny

  conservative /kənsəːvətiv/
  conservador, preservativo

  conservative /kənsəːvətiv/
  conservador

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  1. republikansk
  US: relating to the Republican party
  2. konservativ
  supporting fiscal, political or social conservatism
  3. konservativ, bakåtsträvande, gammaldags
  tending to resist change

  conservative //kənˈsɜːvətɪv// //kənˈsɝvətɪv// 
  konservativ 2.
  UK: member of the Conservative party
   3.
  political conservative
   4.
  one who favors the status quo

  conservative /kənsˈɜːvətˌɪv/
  1. tutucu, muhafazakâr
  2. ıIımlı, mutedil
  3. tutucu kimse
  4. koruyucu madde. Conservative  (ingilterede) Muhafazakar Parti üyesi.

  
/kənˈsɝvətɪv/

  139 Moby Thesaurus words for "conservative":
     Bircher, Bourbon, Epistle side, Methuselah, Tory, antediluvian,
     antique, back number, backward, bitter-ender, careful, cautious,
     centrist, chary, circumspect, clockwise, compromiser, conformist,
     conservational, conservationist, conservatist, conservatory,
     conserving, controlled, conventional, dad, decanal side, dexter,
     dextral, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate,
     dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, die-hard,
     diehard, discreet, dodo, elder, extreme right-winger, fogy,
     fogyish, fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, fundamentalist, granny,
     hard hat, has-been, hidebound, imperialist, keeping,
     laudator temporis acti, longhair, matriarch, mid-Victorian,
     middle-of-the-road, middle-of-the-roader, moderate, moderationist,
     moderatist, monarchist, mossback, neutral, nonprogressive, off,
     old believer, old crock, old dodo, old fogy, old liner, old man,
     old poop, old school, old woman, old-fashioned, old-fogyish,
     old-line, old-timer, opposed to change, orthodox, patriarch,
     politic, pop, pops, preservative, preservatory, preserving, proper,
     protective, prudent, radical right, reactionarist, reactionary,
     reactionist, reasonable, recto, regular old fogy, relic,
     restrained, right, right field, right hand, right of center,
     right side, right wing, right-hand, right-wing, right-winger,
     right-wingish, rightist, royalist, saving, sober, social Darwinist,
     square, stable, standard, standpat, standpatter, starboard,
     starboard tack, starets, stick-in-the-mud, temperate, tory,
     traditional, traditionalist, traditionalistic, true-blue,
     ultraconservative, unexcessive, unextravagant, unextreme,
     unprogressive, wary
  
  

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "Conservative":
     Democrat, Labourite, Republican, Tory, Whig, heeler, loyalist,
     partisan, party faithful, party hack, party man, party member,
     party wheelhorse, registered Democrat, registered Republican,
     regular, stalwart, ward heeler, wheelhorse
  
  

  a. 保守的,守旧的,有保存力的;

     a. 保守的,守旧的
     n. 保守主义者