Meaning of conservative | Babel Free

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1. A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name. A member of the Conservative party. A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
2. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo
3. A member of a political party incorporating the word "Conservative" in its name.
   British
4. A member of the Conservative party.
   British
5. A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
6. One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
7. A member of the Conservative party
8. One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions
9. One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).
   Canada, US, especially
10. A member or supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, or its predecessors, or provincial equivalents, or their predecessors
11. One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative)
12. pertaining to Conservative Judaism
13. Cautious, moderate
14. Tending to resist change or innovation

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Examples

“During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy),[…]”

“If there’s a down side to the film, it’s that “Soros” probably doesn’t devote enough time to the way its subject has become a favorite bogeyman to conservatives that paint him as the guiding hand behind grassroots campaigns by those intent on discrediting them.”

“"Avanti has literally broken records over the last six months for delays and cancellations, and the Conservatives' answer is to reward failure with millions more in taxpayer cash," said Labour Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh.”

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