conservative
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(adjective) resistant to change |
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Antonyms: liberal |
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(satellite adjective) opposed to liberal reforms |
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(noun) a person who has conservative ideas or opinions |
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Synonyms: conservativist |
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Related Words: adult, capitalist, conformist, diehard, extreme right-winger, grownup, hardliner, reactionary, right-winger, rightist, rugged individualist, square, square toes, traditionalist, ultraconservative |
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Antonyms: liberal |
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(satellite adjective) conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality" |
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Synonyms: bourgeois, materialistic |
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(satellite adjective) avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" |
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Synonyms: cautious |
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(satellite adjective) unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of business"- Newsweek |
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Synonyms: button-down, buttoned-down |
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