Definition of Conservative
Noun
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a member of a Conservative Party
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a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
- conservativist
Adjective
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conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
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unimaginatively conventional
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
- button down
- buttoned down
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avoiding excess
"a conservative estimate"
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having social or political views favoring conservatism
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resistant to change
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