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单词 liberal-conservative
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Liberal-Conservativen.adj.

Brit. /ˈlɪb(ə)rəl kənˈsəːvətɪv/, /ˈlɪb(ə)rl̩ kənˈsəːvətɪv/, U.S. /ˈlɪb(ə)rəl kənˈsərvədɪv/
Forms: also with lower-case initials.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: liberal adj. and n., conservative n. and adj.
Etymology: < liberal adj. and n. + conservative n. and adj. Compare Liberal-Conservatism n.
Politics.
A. n.
A conservative who holds some liberal views, or who is regarded as moderate. Also: a person who holds both liberal and conservative political views; spec. (in Canada) a member or supporter of the Liberal-Conservative Party (now historical).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [noun] > Canadian politics > specific party > member or adherent of
Liberal-Conservative1834
rouge1854
Socred1955
New Democrat1961
Créditiste1962
New Dem1962
Péquiste1970
1834 W. Skirrow Let. to Right Hon. Lord Stanley 1 Dec. 7 The old faction of Toryism is extinct; the liberal Conservative being the Whig of the olden time.
1890 C. W. Dilke Probl. Greater Brit. i. ii. 54 A Ross Coalition Ministry had lasted in Quebec from January 1884 to January 1887, the Prime Minister calling himself a Liberal, but his colleagues..calling themselves Conservatives or Liberal-Conservatives.
1908 J. B. Atlay Victorian Chancellors II. x. 230 Though still calling himself a Liberal Conservative he had come down at the request of the Liberal Whip, and there was henceforward no delusion as to his party allegiance.
1942 Manch. Guardian 13 Mar. 6/3 In letters as in life he was a liberal conservative, rooted in tradition both political and moral, yet prepared to accept the facts of innovation.
2005 J. Lukacs Democracy & Populism: Fear & Hatred i. 29 While during their lifetime,..both Burke and Tocqueville were designated as ‘liberals’ or, at most, as ‘conservative liberals’, we..incline to see them as conservatives rather than liberals; or at least as liberal conservatives.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of both Liberals and Conservatives; spec. (in Canada) of or relating to the Liberal-Conservative Party.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > other national politics > [adjective] > specific Canadian party
Liberal-Conservative1835
bleu1900
Créditiste1963
Péquiste1976
1835 Belfast News-let. 10 July There were three candidates—Mr. John Cobbett and Mr. Fergus O'Connor on the Radical interest; and Mr. J. F. Lees on the ‘liberal Conservative’ interest.
1848 Times 20 Mar. 8/4 The Government of Baden, now truly national, viz., Liberal Conservative.
1879 G. B. Smith Life Gladstone I. i. 9 Principles..which we usually associate with the name of Liberal-Conservative.
1914 J. L. Morison in A. Shortt & A. G. Doughty Canada & its Provinces V. 52 In Canada both Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir Wilfrid Laurier present notable examples of liberal-conservative leaders.
1957 R. W. Lyman First Labour Govt. (1975) iv. 63 That Liberal-Conservative alliance which was to be so marked a feature of the next General Election.
1998 J. L. Gould To die in this Way (2003) ii. 92 The Liberal-Conservative coalition governments of Bartolomé Martínez (1923–1924) and Carlos Solórzano (1925).

Compounds

Liberal-Conservative Party n. (also with lower-case initials) a moderately conservative political party, or one advocating both liberal and conservative policies; spec. (in Canada) a coalition party which arose in the mid 19th cent. in support of confederation, later renamed the Conservative Party.
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1840 Mirror of Parl. (3rd Sess., 14th Parl.) 1 446/1 I do not mean the high Conservative party, but that off-set from it—that moderate, I may call it that Liberal Conservative party.
1856 Quebec Colonist in Liverpool Mercury 6 June 8/5 The ministry..will return to office, taking in one or two new men from the ranks of the liberal conservative party.
1902 J. C. Hopkins Progress of Canada in Cent. xvi. 403 The party then formed around..Sir John A. Macdonald was called the Liberal-Conservative party, and this somewhat absurd name is still used upon formal occasions.
1981 Environmental Rev. 2 31 The biggest party in the country [sc. Iceland], the Independence Party, a liberal-conservative party.
2009 M. M. Brescia & J. C. Super N. Amer. iv. 78 Canada also has a history of two dominant parties that trace their origins to the nineteenth century. The Liberal-Conservative Party..formed as a variant of the Conservative Party in Britain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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