Conservative
Adjective
conservative (comparative more conservative, superlative most conservative)
The chef added a conservative amount of salt to the dish.
- Tending to resist change or innovation.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
- Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
- (US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
- (Britain, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party. quotations ▼
- (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) quotations ▼
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:conservative.
Derived terms
- conservative correctness
- conservative extension
- conservative force
- conservative-libertarianism
- conservative model