conservative

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French conservatif, from Latin cōnservō (“to preserve”). Equivalent to conserve +‎ -ative. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈsɜːvətɪv/, /kənˈzɜːvətɪv/ (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈsɝvətɪv/ Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va‧tive === Noun === conservative (plural conservatives) A person who favors maintenance of the status quo. (politics) One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions. Hyponyms: reactionary, small-c conservative Coordinate terms: moderate, liberal, progressive, libertarian, centrist, fascist, communist, socialist (especially US, Canada, politics) One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative). ==== Hypernyms ==== traditionalist ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative) Cautious, moderate. Tending to resist change or innovation. Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side. (US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism. (UK, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party. (physics, not comparable) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity. Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. (Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism. (clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense. (medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment) (linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties. (calculus, of field) That is the gradient of a function. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:conservative. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === conservative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === “conservative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. conservative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “conservative”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === conversative == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.tiv/ Homophone: conservatives === Adjective === conservative feminine singular of conservatif == Interlingua == === Adjective === conservative (comparative plus conservative, superlative le plus conservative) conservative == Italian == === Adjective === conservative feminine plural of conservativo === Anagrams === conservatevi == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõː.sɛr.waːˈtiː.wɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon.ser.vaˈtiː.ve] === Adjective === cōnservātīve vocative masculine singular of cōnservātīvus === References === "conservative", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)