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   conservative

   /kənˈsəːvətɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values: "they were very conservative in their outlook" Similar traditionalisttraditionalconventionalorthodoxstableold-fashioneddyed-in-the-woolunchanginghideboundcautiousprudentcarefulsafetimidunadventurousunenterprisingset in one's waysmoderatemiddle-of-the-roadtemperateinformal:stick in the mudOpposite radical
   • ▪ (of dress or taste) sober and conventional: "a conservative suit" Similar conventionalsoberquietmodestplainunobtrusiveunostentatiousrestrainedreservedsubduedsubtlelow-keydemureinformal:squarestraightOpposite ostentatious
   • 2. (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas. Similar right-wingtraditionalistreactionaryestablishmentarianneoliberalneoconservativealt-rightToryRepublicantrue-blueOpposite left-wingliberalsocialist
   • ▪ relating to the Conservative Party in the UK or a similar party elsewhere: "the Conservative government"
   • 3. (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution: "the film was not cheap—$30,000 is a conservative estimate" Similar lowcautiousunderstatedunexaggeratedmoderatereasonable
   • 4. (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.

   noun

   • 1. a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values: "he was considered a conservative in his approach to Catholic teachings"
   • 2. a person favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas: "many conservatives remain opposed to mandates"
   • ▪ a supporter or member of the Conservative Party in the UK or a similar party elsewhere.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘aiming to preserve’): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- ‘conserved’, from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. conservativeness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCONSERVATIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of conservative – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge...

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   CONSERVATIVE definition: 1. not trusting sudden changes or new ideas: 2. a guess about a number or amount that is probably…. Learn more.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCONSERVATISM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english-chinese-simplifiedCONSERVATIVE in Simplified Chinese - Cambridge Dictionary

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   CONSERVATIVE translate: 反对改变, 保守的;守旧的, （外表上）保守的，传统的，不赶潮流的, 低的, （猜测、计算）保守的，低估的, （英国）保守党的. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese simplified Dictionary.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › ja › dictionaryCONSERVATIVE | 意味, Cambridge 英語辞書での定義

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7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCONSERVATISM definition | Cambridge English Dictionary

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   He disliked what he called its bourgeois conservatism. I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of the foregoing mixture of optimism, fatalism, and conservatism. She was New England austerity and conservatism embodied.

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9. dictionary.cambridge.org › zht › 詞典CONSERVATIVE在劍橋英語詞典中的解釋及翻譯

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10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryconservative | definition in the Cambridge Essential American...

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    (Definition of conservative from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of conservative in Chinese (Traditional)

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryconservatism | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    (Definition of conservatism from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of conservatism in Chinese (Traditional)