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conservative
kənˈsəːvətɪv Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
  • (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.
  • (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.
    E.g. police placed the value of the haul at a conservative £500,000
  • (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.
noun
  • a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.
  • a person favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas.

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