Conservative

What do we mean by conservative?

Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change. adjective

Traditional or restrained in style. adjective

Moderate; cautious. adjective

Of or relating to the political philosophy of conservatism. adjective

Belonging to a conservative party, group, or movement. adjective

Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political conservatism, especially in the United Kingdom or Canada. adjective

Of or adhering to Conservative Judaism. adjective

Tending to conserve; preservative. adjective

One favoring traditional views and values. noun

A supporter of political conservatism. noun

A member or supporter of a Conservative political party. noun

Preservative; having power or tendency to preserve in a safe or entire state; protecting from loss, waste, or injury: said of things.

Disposed to retain and maintain what is established, as institutions, customs, and the like; opposed to innovation and change; in an extreme and unfavorable sense, opposed to progress: said of persons or their characteristics.

Specifically In politics: Antagonistic to change in the institutions of the country, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, opposed to change in the direction of democracy.

Hence- capitalized Of or pertaining to the Conservatives or their principles. See II., 3.

One who aims, or that which tends, to preserve from injury, decay, or loss; a preserver or preservative. noun

One who is opposed by nature or on principle to innovation and change; in an unfavorable sense, one who from prejudice or lack of foresight is opposed to true progress. noun

capitalized In Great Britain, a Tory: a name first adopted by the Tory party about the time of the passing of the first Reform Bill (1832). noun

In U. s, history, one of the group of Democrats who, during Van Buren's administration, voted with the Whigs against the Independent Treasury Bill. noun

A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.

Despite the misgivings of certain individuals who have an absurdly black/white view of the political spectrum, conservatism does not instantly mean hypocrasy and it certainly is not necessarily far-right in philosophy. Conservatism can be broadly categorised in two areas: 1. Fiscal conservatism. A belief in personal responsibility for finances. Scaling back taxation to allow greater control over individual incomes. Conservative thinking promotes cutbacks in public spending enabling tax breaks to be given to those that are earning, and believes in helping those out of work back into self sufficiency. 2. Social conservatism. Contrary to the fiscal conservatism, social conservatives believe in placing restrictions on personal freedoms, resulting in more government involvement into the daily lives of individuals. This is also known as neo-conservative. Urban Dictionary

1) One who espouses a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change. 2) One who believes in less government being better government. 3) One who believes in such "outmoded" ideas as civil liberties (freedom of speech, separation of church and state, right to keep and bear arms, that kind of thing) 4) One for whom the Republican Party no longer truly speaks. 5) a word that today's so-called "conservatives" don't know the definition of. Urban Dictionary

A person who espouses the idea of "less government". However, they tend to espouse the idea of "less government" more when it comes to spending money for social programs. They have no qualms about looking over people's shoulders, spying on or jailing people for suspected "un-American activities" at a base that is not even on American soil. Among their interference in our lives: spying on cell phone calls without permission of Congress, saying, "I'm the president. Why do I need anyone's permission?", or using brute military force to enforce their vision of that things should be like on the outside world. They believe in torture in the name of national security. As far as financial responsibility, they believe in shrinking down every part of the government but giving the Department of Defense what is essentially a blank check, and run up horrific deficits fighting senseless, endless wars. Strength is good, but waste is not. They are often religious, but they seem to have Jesus Christ confused with Ronald Reagan. Their philosophies are often subtly or blatantly racist and xenophobic, and they have been known to advocate disenfranchisement of women and minorities (see: ann coulter because these groups overwhelmingly vote liberal and are growing much faster than the aging white male voter base they rely on. Their failed policies were rejected in the 2008 election, by the "true" patriots of our great country. Urban Dictionary

The fear that someone somewhere, may be happy. Urban Dictionary

Most often members of the Republican Party in America. Most often known as fucking nuts by the rest of the world. Urban Dictionary

What many single-issue vetting hypocrites define themselves as being politically. Urban Dictionary

"No." Contrast with liberal. Urban Dictionary

Someone who spends money on the wrong things. Urban Dictionary

A conservative is someone who thinks resources like land, water, timber and oil are owed to Man in infinite abundance by an invisible deity until Jesus returns, at which point the Earth and all its raw materials will be purged. The Bible gives the exact date of this liberating event. Thus, conservation, environmental regulations and other forms of greed-control are socialist plots against patriots who are merely pillaging resources per God's Plan. Never mind that the world is getting increasingly overpopulated and rife with scarcity. The Chosen Ones are above the laws of nature. Urban Dictionary

Cocksuckers of the earth. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to conservative:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word conservative:
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Words that rhyme with conservative:
preservative, neoconservative, ultraconservative, curvative.

Adjectives that are often used to describe conservative:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective conservative:
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Words that sound like conservative:
conservative, conservatives, conservator, conservatively, conservatory, conservators, constructive, consecutive, conserving, conservatism, constrictive, conceive of, concerting, conservatoire, neoconservative, conservant, conspirative, commiserative.