Definition of conservative in English:

conservative

adjective kənˈsəːvətɪvkənˈsərvədɪv

1Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
they were very conservative in their outlook
Example sentencesExamples
- This modernization was predicated on defense, rather than destruction, of traditional and conservative Spanish Catholic religious culture.
- Many of them are religious, (and they may have voted to ban gay marriage) but they are not driven to the polls on the conservative values agenda.
- Kenyan homes are traditionally conservative and strictly patriarchal.
- Lewis was an old-fashioned Christian, and those who consider the church to be too interested in modernising see him as a hero of religious orthodoxy and conservative values.
- His parents weren't party-political, but he was certainly brought up with traditionally conservative values.
- Betty may only be a character, but she's part of a much larger trend toward conservative values and traditional female roles.
- An orchestrated return to traditional family values has pressured conservative men to explicitly re-valorize women who accept traditional roles.
- Not until the second half of the nineteenth century did the valuation of scientific knowledge come into conflict with more conservative religious values.
- There he embarked on a covert anti-devolution campaign and many respected journalists left as he imposed his middle-market editorial content and conservative values on the paper.
- What are referred to as the Christian right in the USA are mainly people with very conservative values about issues such as homosexuality and abortion.
- These prevalent conservative values have complicated the kingdom's relations with its main foreign ally - the United States.
- Here again there is a fine balance to be struck between the use of doctrine to enforce innovation and its more conservative function as the bearer of professional values and institutional memories.
- If the deceased fisherman has relatives and belongs to a conservative religious tradition, his ambiguous death is more likely to be judged an accident than if he is single and secular.
- We hear a lot about conservative values in the country.
- This contrasts with a stronger assertion of identity and values among conservative church bodies.
- While her friends accept the affair, she must hide it from her tradition-bound parents and religiously conservative older brother.
- Should I teach them secular values or conservative religious ones?
- Will it mean that the tide of traditional patriarchal values, of conservative religiosity, will become irreversible?
- The rapid rise of the green movement is an example of this, because it appeals to traditional conservative values.
- Some activists approach these issues from the perspective of religious freedom and conservative values.
Synonyms
traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, stable, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, unchanging, hidebound
cautious, prudent, careful, safe, timid, unadventurous, unenterprising, set in one's ways
moderate, middle-of-the-road, temperate
informal stick in the mud
1. 1.1 (of dress or taste) sober and conventional.
  a conservative suit
  Example sentencesExamples
  It also is the least atonal-sounding movement and will likely appeal even to those of fairly conservative tastes.
  Not only are the quantities of meat large, but the fact that there are people who want to eat dried rat bat, or even monkey meat comes as a surprise to those of us whose tastes are more conservative.
  Since newcomers established colonies in imitation of their homelands, their taste was inherently conservative, broadening only with time and travel.
  The busts bear no arms or other marks which might help with identification of the sitters, although the conservative dress and hairstyle suggest they were from the middle classes.
  The many suits and ties and other conservative dress worn by the crowd yesterday reflected the upscale membership of much of the organisation.
  The real viewers are likely to be over 50, married and of broadly conservative tastes.
  The hectic design would hardly have conformed with Philip's conservative taste.
  The students' conservative dress also belies the fact that they are, like they were in my day, by and large liberal in outlook.
  She was wearing a conservative peach dress suit and low-heeled white shoes.
  Otherwise, he has dressed in a conservative gray suit, with a crisp white shirt and perfectly creased trousers.
  She was dressed in a conservative black suit and pearls.
  The rather conservative dress in question is on the left as you can see.
  He really does look as if a men's conservative dress shop is the only place that would hire him.
  Not wanting to bowl him over completely on their first date, she'd donned a fairly conservative dress of navy blue, with white trim and buttons.
  I work for a commercial real-estate company with a highly conservative dress code.
  It was a kind of sweet and sour sauce, possibly of lemon and mustard, that just didn't hit it off with my conservative taste buds.
  For women, the look is conservative - ladylike suits, sophisticated pantsuits, subtle dark dresses.
  The best advice I was always given by peers was to dress in a conservative suit with modest accessories at the interview.
  The dress was very conservative, but it accentuated my curves.
  The traditional range is still being sold, particularly into America where tastes are more conservative.
  Synonyms
  conventional, sober, quiet, modest, plain, unobtrusive, unostentatious, restrained, reserved, subdued, subtle, low-key, demure
  informal square, straight
2(in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
Example sentencesExamples
- That is holding back socialist revolutions to appease a more conservative capitalist element.
- However, there is a tendency for European electorates to move to the right or left in a manner that may not be co-ordinated, but does produce clusters of conservative or Socialist governments at any one time.
- None of these people could remotely be described as liberals, meaning that the Republican Party and conservative America is itself split on the question.
- Actually, if the indie labels had politics they were at base neither socialist nor conservative but autonomist.
- Such developments would presumably be envied by genuine libertarians in socially conservative countries - even if their taxes are lower.
- Its centre of political gravity has moved from conservative liberalism to social democracy and environmentalism.
- The libertarian, old conservative wing of the Republican Party has never liked this war.
- In this context, conservative governments sought to transform social security into an insurance-based system.
- Broadly speaking, the more conservative the state's political representation in the legislature, the more regressive its tax burden.
- My idea of a conservative is somebody who thinks taxes are too high.
- His roots were embedded in the Labour party, in its internal power mechanisms, its trade union affiliations and its conservative brand of social democracy.
- Unfortunately, the electoral reality for the SNP is that it holds what were historically Tory seats - ones which remain socially and politically conservative.
- The resulting paradox - a transgressive aesthetic supporting a conservative social and political status quo - would endure until the end of the Old Regime.
- A return to the traditional conservative values of non-intervention and prudence is called for.
Synonyms
right-wing, reactionary, traditionalist, unprogressive, establishmentarian, blimpish
fundamentalist
in the UK Tory
in the US Republican
informal true blue
1. 2.1 Relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere.
  the Conservative government
  Example sentencesExamples
  An important factor in this was the experience of eighteen years of Conservative government.
  Labour's voters are more efficiently distributed than Conservative voters.
  The prospect of a Conservative government has provoked a major debate in the corporate media.
  Vendettas and character assassination have wrecked the last three Conservative leaderships.
  The suggestion has not, however, been welcomed by Conservative headquarters.
  In the county elections, there was one Conservative gain, which gives them an overall majority of three.
  The blame lies fairly and squarely at the door of this Conservative council.
  The three MPs said it is official Conservative policy to increase the size of the Army and it would keep the regiment.
  At the same time we had just emerged from a long period of Conservative government.
  Many of the people who had sent letters of protest and joined the lobby were Conservative voters.
  There was no real Conservative tradition in European terms, nor socialism neither.
  Plans for a tidy tip next to a busy park have been criticised by Conservative councillors.
  The Labour Government rigidly stuck to Conservative spending targets in its first two years of office.
  If Labour wins its expected second landslide it will mark the end of a century of Conservative hegemony.
  How do we develop a response to the Labour and Conservative assaults on our Home affairs and Taxation polices?
  After what some would say has been a long gestation period, new Conservative policies have appeared.
  This is all down to a lack of capital expenditure on the railways by success Labour and Conservative governments.
  If he does become Conservative leader or even Prime minister then, yes, that may make a difference.
  The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are contesting every seat.
  The Conservative governments bypassed local authorities in many policy fields.
3(of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.
police placed the value of the haul at a conservative £500,000
Example sentencesExamples
- However, with conservative estimates putting the figure at almost £40 million, cabinet approval will be required.
- Forty years is a ridiculously conservative estimate, as can now be demonstrated, and it turns out that microfiche's shelf-life is limited too, far more than paper.
- A conservative estimate would surely be closer to 60,000.
- The $2.8 million is a conservative estimate based on records from the House and Senate clerks' offices.
- The number of women trafficked for this purpose is unknown, although conservative estimates put the number in the millions.
- Those sorts of considerations are why I said $440 billion was a conservative estimate, which is admittedly a bit crazy just to say, but there it is.
- And that, say experts, is a very conservative estimate.
- It appears this may have been a conservative estimate.
- The combat capability of such a servicemen could be compared, even by conservative estimates, to that of a modern section or even platoon.
- A conservative estimate suggested that mistaken identification contributed to the wrongful conviction of more than 300 people a year in England and Wales.
- One conservative estimate put the number of protesters at more than six million people, making it largest ever simultaneous demonstration since the Vietnam War.
- At a conservative estimate, anywhere between three to five million people live inside these protected areas and several millions more around them.
- And, you know, that might be a conservative estimate.
- Despite the fact that a conservative estimate for the overall cost of the project is in the region of 40 million both men believe now is the time to make such an investment.
- He said it was not possible to say how long the pressure would have lasted: ‘A conservative estimate would be about a minute, maybe two.’
- A conservative estimate has visitors spending an average of €80 each.
- The price was paid in Latin America in the deaths and disappearance of, at a conservative estimate, around 100,000 people throughout the subcontinent.
- The average person moves six times in their lifetime, according to conservative estimates, sometimes losing touch with friends, colleagues and even relatives.
- However, this is a conservative estimate that suggests at most just one in eight of all non-resident accounts opened over the period in question were bogus.
- We consider this to be a conservative estimate.
Synonyms
low, cautious, understated, unexaggerated, moderate, reasonable
4(of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.
Example sentencesExamples
- Surgical referral may be indicated after conservative treatment has failed, although the exact timing of surgery should be decided on an individual basis.
- Initial treatment of both conditions is conservative, but when conservative treatment fails, the surgical approach to the two problems differs markedly.
- If conservative treatment fails, surgery to excise any bone spurs and debridement of the retrocalcaneal bursa may be helpful.
- After a trial of conservative treatment, definitive surgical repair is usually required.
- When conservative treatments don't help, surgery may offer relief.
- This finding has implications for patients with normal or near normal facial function who are advised to undertake conservative observation rather than surgery.
- Surgeons need to exhaust conservative treatments before proceeding to surgery and be realistic about the outcome of surgery.
- But they usually respond to conservative treatment and don't need surgery.
- The surgical alternatives to medical treatment range from minor conservative procedures to hysterectomy.
- Mild symptoms may be helped by conservative treatments such as pain relievers, physical therapy or a supportive brace.
- Surgeons are traditionalists, and the early experience of our peers has coloured current surgical opinion and slowed the introduction of conservative surgery for the benign parotid lump.
- For patients who do not respond to conservative treatment, surgery should be considered.
- Early surgery also avoids complications when conservative treatment fails.
- Fortunately, conservative treatments such as ice, rest and physical therapy can often relieve symptoms.
- The trial randomized 1,033 patients in 27 countries to early surgery or conservative treatment.
- The orthopaedic surgeon continued to use conservative treatment, but the symptoms were no better a year later.
- Continence surgery is indicated when conservative treatment fails or the patient wants definitive treatment.
- Treatment is usually conservative and involves cortisone injections, anti-inflammatory medications, and physical therapy.
- Mammography, bilateral in patients who had had conservative surgery, was scheduled once a year.
- With resection procedures and conservative treatment, many limbs were saved, and deaths were avoided.

noun kənˈsəːvətɪvkənˈsərvədɪv

1A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.
he remains a conservative in constitutional matters
Example sentencesExamples
- The likely truth is that liberal bias does affect news coverage, but not always in the ways conservatives suspect.
- The suggestion was immediately set upon by conservatives who argued it was all exaggerated.
- Many conservatives expect a Supreme Court justice whose opinions they can predict.
- There are a lot of conservatives who have held their tongue for the better part of two years.
- The antagonism between conservatives and progressives in Korea has a long history.
- They saw fascists as more patriotic and determined than traditional conservatives.
- The great failing of conservatives is their tendency to just give up after a few tries.
- When divorce came along, the same conservatives argued it would mean an end to the institution.
- In liberal mythology it's conservatives and reactionaries who take the simplistic view.
- So the claim that there are conservatives who believe in some sort of absolute liberty is a total straw man.
- On the other side is every strand of opinion from traditional moral conservatives to communists.
- That line seems to be working pretty well now among some of my fellow conservatives.
- We can only hope for the day when liberals stop considering conservatives to be lesser human beings.
- He could actually win if the turnout is low and led by conservatives who are sticking by him.
- She proceeded to lay out her views on a range of issues that rub conservatives raw.
- The conservatives approve of my using the old words, but my themes upset them.
- I have put up here some reasons why conservatives in particular have reason to be thankful today.
- It just shows that there is nothing that conservatives can do to please some people.
- This is not to say that any one group of conservatives are strictly to blame.
- Once Africa was no longer a site of superpower competition, conservatives largely lost interest as well.
Synonyms
right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard
in the UK Tory
in the US Republican
2A supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere.
Example sentencesExamples
- The letter was also signed by a handful who revealed they had in the past supported the Conservatives.
- There has never been a coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
- Next year the chair will be a Liberal Democrat and the Conservatives will take the deputy chair.
- Now the Conservatives have decided to try a similar approach with their party advertising.
- Around them stand officials and party workers from the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
- Nor is it right for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to connive with that purpose.
- Throughout that period the Conservatives remained a minority party in the Commons.
- I'd never vote for the Conservatives unless they became a radically different party.
- The Conservatives tried it when they were in power, and now New Labour have tried it.
- As the middle class has grown in size so also the Conservatives have gained a smaller share of that vote.
- Every time I go to a gathering of Conservatives I am struck by their refusal to live in the real world.
- The Liberals and the Conservatives have made the same sort of cuts when they have been in charge.
- The Scottish National Party and Conservatives are expected to oppose the building.
- We know the Labour councillors are opposed to it, so that leaves the Conservatives.
- He also insisted the Conservatives were now ready to form the next government.
- The polls refuse to shift and the Conservatives are seen as a single-issue party.
- The Conservatives were second in all five seats with the Liberal Democrats third.
- Unlike the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives we do not make promises we cannot keep.
- He points out in his letter that the Conservatives did not wish to form the Executive of the Council.

Phrases

conservative with a small ‘c’

Said of someone who is conservative in outlook but does not necessarily vote for or support a Conservative party.
I think there are a good number of teachers who are instinctively conservative with a small c
Example sentencesExamples
- There is something conservative about much of Pixar's output, but when I say conservative, I mean a small "c" conservative.

Derivatives

conservativeness

noun

She would celebrate the day when she would rid herself of all her conservativeness.
Example sentencesExamples
- And similarly, if the central bank is fully under the spell of government, the conservativeness of the central bank does not matter.
- Because the desire to combine conflicting data is strong in real studies, the conservativeness of the present test is unlikely to be a major concern for some.
- That's good news for defenders, who grew frustrated with the conservativeness of the scheme last year.
- Physicists generally maintain a healthy skepticism about whatever they hear and are much less susceptible to dogmatic conservativeness than one might think.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'aiming to preserve'): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- 'conserved', from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.

Definition of conservative in US English:

conservative

adjectivekənˈsərvədivkənˈsərvədɪv

1Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Not until the second half of the nineteenth century did the valuation of scientific knowledge come into conflict with more conservative religious values.
- This modernization was predicated on defense, rather than destruction, of traditional and conservative Spanish Catholic religious culture.
- An orchestrated return to traditional family values has pressured conservative men to explicitly re-valorize women who accept traditional roles.
- What are referred to as the Christian right in the USA are mainly people with very conservative values about issues such as homosexuality and abortion.
- While her friends accept the affair, she must hide it from her tradition-bound parents and religiously conservative older brother.
- Kenyan homes are traditionally conservative and strictly patriarchal.
- These prevalent conservative values have complicated the kingdom's relations with its main foreign ally - the United States.
- Lewis was an old-fashioned Christian, and those who consider the church to be too interested in modernising see him as a hero of religious orthodoxy and conservative values.
- The rapid rise of the green movement is an example of this, because it appeals to traditional conservative values.
- His parents weren't party-political, but he was certainly brought up with traditionally conservative values.
- This contrasts with a stronger assertion of identity and values among conservative church bodies.
- If the deceased fisherman has relatives and belongs to a conservative religious tradition, his ambiguous death is more likely to be judged an accident than if he is single and secular.
- There he embarked on a covert anti-devolution campaign and many respected journalists left as he imposed his middle-market editorial content and conservative values on the paper.
- Betty may only be a character, but she's part of a much larger trend toward conservative values and traditional female roles.
- Here again there is a fine balance to be struck between the use of doctrine to enforce innovation and its more conservative function as the bearer of professional values and institutional memories.
- Will it mean that the tide of traditional patriarchal values, of conservative religiosity, will become irreversible?
- Many of them are religious, (and they may have voted to ban gay marriage) but they are not driven to the polls on the conservative values agenda.
- We hear a lot about conservative values in the country.
- Some activists approach these issues from the perspective of religious freedom and conservative values.
- Should I teach them secular values or conservative religious ones?
Synonyms
traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, stable, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, unchanging, hidebound
1. 1.1 (of dress or taste) sober and conventional.
  a conservative suit
  Example sentencesExamples
  The best advice I was always given by peers was to dress in a conservative suit with modest accessories at the interview.
  The students' conservative dress also belies the fact that they are, like they were in my day, by and large liberal in outlook.
  Not wanting to bowl him over completely on their first date, she'd donned a fairly conservative dress of navy blue, with white trim and buttons.
  The many suits and ties and other conservative dress worn by the crowd yesterday reflected the upscale membership of much of the organisation.
  Since newcomers established colonies in imitation of their homelands, their taste was inherently conservative, broadening only with time and travel.
  The hectic design would hardly have conformed with Philip's conservative taste.
  She was wearing a conservative peach dress suit and low-heeled white shoes.
  It was a kind of sweet and sour sauce, possibly of lemon and mustard, that just didn't hit it off with my conservative taste buds.
  She was dressed in a conservative black suit and pearls.
  He really does look as if a men's conservative dress shop is the only place that would hire him.
  Otherwise, he has dressed in a conservative gray suit, with a crisp white shirt and perfectly creased trousers.
  Not only are the quantities of meat large, but the fact that there are people who want to eat dried rat bat, or even monkey meat comes as a surprise to those of us whose tastes are more conservative.
  The traditional range is still being sold, particularly into America where tastes are more conservative.
  The dress was very conservative, but it accentuated my curves.
  The rather conservative dress in question is on the left as you can see.
  For women, the look is conservative - ladylike suits, sophisticated pantsuits, subtle dark dresses.
  It also is the least atonal-sounding movement and will likely appeal even to those of fairly conservative tastes.
  The busts bear no arms or other marks which might help with identification of the sitters, although the conservative dress and hairstyle suggest they were from the middle classes.
  The real viewers are likely to be over 50, married and of broadly conservative tastes.
  I work for a commercial real-estate company with a highly conservative dress code.
  Synonyms
  conventional, sober, quiet, modest, plain, unobtrusive, unostentatious, restrained, reserved, subdued, subtle, low-key, demure
2. 1.2 (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.
  the film was not cheap—$30,000 is a conservative estimate
  Example sentencesExamples
  Despite the fact that a conservative estimate for the overall cost of the project is in the region of 40 million both men believe now is the time to make such an investment.
  The price was paid in Latin America in the deaths and disappearance of, at a conservative estimate, around 100,000 people throughout the subcontinent.
  And that, say experts, is a very conservative estimate.
  A conservative estimate has visitors spending an average of €80 each.
  One conservative estimate put the number of protesters at more than six million people, making it largest ever simultaneous demonstration since the Vietnam War.
  A conservative estimate would surely be closer to 60,000.
  A conservative estimate suggested that mistaken identification contributed to the wrongful conviction of more than 300 people a year in England and Wales.
  We consider this to be a conservative estimate.
  However, with conservative estimates putting the figure at almost £40 million, cabinet approval will be required.
  The average person moves six times in their lifetime, according to conservative estimates, sometimes losing touch with friends, colleagues and even relatives.
  It appears this may have been a conservative estimate.
  The $2.8 million is a conservative estimate based on records from the House and Senate clerks' offices.
  Forty years is a ridiculously conservative estimate, as can now be demonstrated, and it turns out that microfiche's shelf-life is limited too, far more than paper.
  At a conservative estimate, anywhere between three to five million people live inside these protected areas and several millions more around them.
  Those sorts of considerations are why I said $440 billion was a conservative estimate, which is admittedly a bit crazy just to say, but there it is.
  The number of women trafficked for this purpose is unknown, although conservative estimates put the number in the millions.
  And, you know, that might be a conservative estimate.
  However, this is a conservative estimate that suggests at most just one in eight of all non-resident accounts opened over the period in question were bogus.
  He said it was not possible to say how long the pressure would have lasted: ‘A conservative estimate would be about a minute, maybe two.’
  The combat capability of such a servicemen could be compared, even by conservative estimates, to that of a modern section or even platoon.
  Synonyms
  low, cautious, understated, unexaggerated, moderate, reasonable
3. 1.3 (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The orthopaedic surgeon continued to use conservative treatment, but the symptoms were no better a year later.
  Mammography, bilateral in patients who had had conservative surgery, was scheduled once a year.
  Continence surgery is indicated when conservative treatment fails or the patient wants definitive treatment.
  Fortunately, conservative treatments such as ice, rest and physical therapy can often relieve symptoms.
  Treatment is usually conservative and involves cortisone injections, anti-inflammatory medications, and physical therapy.
  Surgical referral may be indicated after conservative treatment has failed, although the exact timing of surgery should be decided on an individual basis.
  The surgical alternatives to medical treatment range from minor conservative procedures to hysterectomy.
  With resection procedures and conservative treatment, many limbs were saved, and deaths were avoided.
  Initial treatment of both conditions is conservative, but when conservative treatment fails, the surgical approach to the two problems differs markedly.
  After a trial of conservative treatment, definitive surgical repair is usually required.
  But they usually respond to conservative treatment and don't need surgery.
  If conservative treatment fails, surgery to excise any bone spurs and debridement of the retrocalcaneal bursa may be helpful.
  This finding has implications for patients with normal or near normal facial function who are advised to undertake conservative observation rather than surgery.
  Early surgery also avoids complications when conservative treatment fails.
  When conservative treatments don't help, surgery may offer relief.
  Surgeons need to exhaust conservative treatments before proceeding to surgery and be realistic about the outcome of surgery.
  For patients who do not respond to conservative treatment, surgery should be considered.
  Surgeons are traditionalists, and the early experience of our peers has coloured current surgical opinion and slowed the introduction of conservative surgery for the benign parotid lump.
  The trial randomized 1,033 patients in 27 countries to early surgery or conservative treatment.
  Mild symptoms may be helped by conservative treatments such as pain relievers, physical therapy or a supportive brace.
4. 1.4 Relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party in another country.
  Example sentencesExamples
  How do we develop a response to the Labour and Conservative assaults on our Home affairs and Taxation polices?
  If Labour wins its expected second landslide it will mark the end of a century of Conservative hegemony.
  There was no real Conservative tradition in European terms, nor socialism neither.
  The Conservative governments bypassed local authorities in many policy fields.
  This is all down to a lack of capital expenditure on the railways by success Labour and Conservative governments.
  At the same time we had just emerged from a long period of Conservative government.
  Vendettas and character assassination have wrecked the last three Conservative leaderships.
  The suggestion has not, however, been welcomed by Conservative headquarters.
  Many of the people who had sent letters of protest and joined the lobby were Conservative voters.
  The three MPs said it is official Conservative policy to increase the size of the Army and it would keep the regiment.
  The blame lies fairly and squarely at the door of this Conservative council.
  The Labour Government rigidly stuck to Conservative spending targets in its first two years of office.
  Plans for a tidy tip next to a busy park have been criticised by Conservative councillors.
  If he does become Conservative leader or even Prime minister then, yes, that may make a difference.
  In the county elections, there was one Conservative gain, which gives them an overall majority of three.
  Labour's voters are more efficiently distributed than Conservative voters.
  The prospect of a Conservative government has provoked a major debate in the corporate media.
  The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are contesting every seat.
  After what some would say has been a long gestation period, new Conservative policies have appeared.
  An important factor in this was the experience of eighteen years of Conservative government.

nounkənˈsərvədivkənˈsərvədɪv

1A person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is not to say that any one group of conservatives are strictly to blame.
- On the other side is every strand of opinion from traditional moral conservatives to communists.
- The likely truth is that liberal bias does affect news coverage, but not always in the ways conservatives suspect.
- When divorce came along, the same conservatives argued it would mean an end to the institution.
- Once Africa was no longer a site of superpower competition, conservatives largely lost interest as well.
- I have put up here some reasons why conservatives in particular have reason to be thankful today.
- The great failing of conservatives is their tendency to just give up after a few tries.
- It just shows that there is nothing that conservatives can do to please some people.
- The antagonism between conservatives and progressives in Korea has a long history.
- Many conservatives expect a Supreme Court justice whose opinions they can predict.
- The conservatives approve of my using the old words, but my themes upset them.
- He could actually win if the turnout is low and led by conservatives who are sticking by him.
- We can only hope for the day when liberals stop considering conservatives to be lesser human beings.
- The suggestion was immediately set upon by conservatives who argued it was all exaggerated.
- So the claim that there are conservatives who believe in some sort of absolute liberty is a total straw man.
- In liberal mythology it's conservatives and reactionaries who take the simplistic view.
- That line seems to be working pretty well now among some of my fellow conservatives.
- They saw fascists as more patriotic and determined than traditional conservatives.
- She proceeded to lay out her views on a range of issues that rub conservatives raw.
- There are a lot of conservatives who have held their tongue for the better part of two years.
Synonyms
right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard
1. 1.1 A supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party in another country.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Throughout that period the Conservatives remained a minority party in the Commons.
  The Liberals and the Conservatives have made the same sort of cuts when they have been in charge.
  The Conservatives tried it when they were in power, and now New Labour have tried it.
  The Scottish National Party and Conservatives are expected to oppose the building.
  The letter was also signed by a handful who revealed they had in the past supported the Conservatives.
  He points out in his letter that the Conservatives did not wish to form the Executive of the Council.
  The Conservatives were second in all five seats with the Liberal Democrats third.
  Every time I go to a gathering of Conservatives I am struck by their refusal to live in the real world.
  I'd never vote for the Conservatives unless they became a radically different party.
  The polls refuse to shift and the Conservatives are seen as a single-issue party.
  As the middle class has grown in size so also the Conservatives have gained a smaller share of that vote.
  Around them stand officials and party workers from the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
  Now the Conservatives have decided to try a similar approach with their party advertising.
  There has never been a coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
  Next year the chair will be a Liberal Democrat and the Conservatives will take the deputy chair.
  Nor is it right for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to connive with that purpose.
  We know the Labour councillors are opposed to it, so that leaves the Conservatives.
  He also insisted the Conservatives were now ready to form the next government.
  Unlike the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives we do not make promises we cannot keep.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘aiming to preserve’): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- ‘conserved’, from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.

单词	conservative
释义	Definition of conservative in English: conservative adjective kənˈsəːvətɪvkənˈsərvədɪv 1Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values. they were very conservative in their outlook Example sentencesExamples This modernization was predicated on defense, rather than destruction, of traditional and conservative Spanish Catholic religious culture. Many of them are religious, (and they may have voted to ban gay marriage) but they are not driven to the polls on the conservative values agenda. Kenyan homes are traditionally conservative and strictly patriarchal. Lewis was an old-fashioned Christian, and those who consider the church to be too interested in modernising see him as a hero of religious orthodoxy and conservative values. His parents weren't party-political, but he was certainly brought up with traditionally conservative values. Betty may only be a character, but she's part of a much larger trend toward conservative values and traditional female roles. An orchestrated return to traditional family values has pressured conservative men to explicitly re-valorize women who accept traditional roles. Not until the second half of the nineteenth century did the valuation of scientific knowledge come into conflict with more conservative religious values. There he embarked on a covert anti-devolution campaign and many respected journalists left as he imposed his middle-market editorial content and conservative values on the paper. What are referred to as the Christian right in the USA are mainly people with very conservative values about issues such as homosexuality and abortion. These prevalent conservative values have complicated the kingdom's relations with its main foreign ally - the United States. Here again there is a fine balance to be struck between the use of doctrine to enforce innovation and its more conservative function as the bearer of professional values and institutional memories. If the deceased fisherman has relatives and belongs to a conservative religious tradition, his ambiguous death is more likely to be judged an accident than if he is single and secular. We hear a lot about conservative values in the country. This contrasts with a stronger assertion of identity and values among conservative church bodies. While her friends accept the affair, she must hide it from her tradition-bound parents and religiously conservative older brother. Should I teach them secular values or conservative religious ones? Will it mean that the tide of traditional patriarchal values, of conservative religiosity, will become irreversible? The rapid rise of the green movement is an example of this, because it appeals to traditional conservative values. Some activists approach these issues from the perspective of religious freedom and conservative values. Synonyms traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, stable, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, unchanging, hidebound cautious, prudent, careful, safe, timid, unadventurous, unenterprising, set in one's ways moderate, middle-of-the-road, temperate informal stick in the mud 1.1 (of dress or taste) sober and conventional. a conservative suit Example sentencesExamples It also is the least atonal-sounding movement and will likely appeal even to those of fairly conservative tastes. Not only are the quantities of meat large, but the fact that there are people who want to eat dried rat bat, or even monkey meat comes as a surprise to those of us whose tastes are more conservative. Since newcomers established colonies in imitation of their homelands, their taste was inherently conservative, broadening only with time and travel. The busts bear no arms or other marks which might help with identification of the sitters, although the conservative dress and hairstyle suggest they were from the middle classes. The many suits and ties and other conservative dress worn by the crowd yesterday reflected the upscale membership of much of the organisation. The real viewers are likely to be over 50, married and of broadly conservative tastes. The hectic design would hardly have conformed with Philip's conservative taste. The students' conservative dress also belies the fact that they are, like they were in my day, by and large liberal in outlook. She was wearing a conservative peach dress suit and low-heeled white shoes. Otherwise, he has dressed in a conservative gray suit, with a crisp white shirt and perfectly creased trousers. She was dressed in a conservative black suit and pearls. The rather conservative dress in question is on the left as you can see. He really does look as if a men's conservative dress shop is the only place that would hire him. Not wanting to bowl him over completely on their first date, she'd donned a fairly conservative dress of navy blue, with white trim and buttons. I work for a commercial real-estate company with a highly conservative dress code. It was a kind of sweet and sour sauce, possibly of lemon and mustard, that just didn't hit it off with my conservative taste buds. For women, the look is conservative - ladylike suits, sophisticated pantsuits, subtle dark dresses. The best advice I was always given by peers was to dress in a conservative suit with modest accessories at the interview. The dress was very conservative, but it accentuated my curves. The traditional range is still being sold, particularly into America where tastes are more conservative. Synonyms conventional, sober, quiet, modest, plain, unobtrusive, unostentatious, restrained, reserved, subdued, subtle, low-key, demure informal square, straight 2(in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas. Example sentencesExamples That is holding back socialist revolutions to appease a more conservative capitalist element. However, there is a tendency for European electorates to move to the right or left in a manner that may not be co-ordinated, but does produce clusters of conservative or Socialist governments at any one time. None of these people could remotely be described as liberals, meaning that the Republican Party and conservative America is itself split on the question. Actually, if the indie labels had politics they were at base neither socialist nor conservative but autonomist. Such developments would presumably be envied by genuine libertarians in socially conservative countries - even if their taxes are lower. Its centre of political gravity has moved from conservative liberalism to social democracy and environmentalism. The libertarian, old conservative wing of the Republican Party has never liked this war. In this context, conservative governments sought to transform social security into an insurance-based system. Broadly speaking, the more conservative the state's political representation in the legislature, the more regressive its tax burden. My idea of a conservative is somebody who thinks taxes are too high. His roots were embedded in the Labour party, in its internal power mechanisms, its trade union affiliations and its conservative brand of social democracy. Unfortunately, the electoral reality for the SNP is that it holds what were historically Tory seats - ones which remain socially and politically conservative. The resulting paradox - a transgressive aesthetic supporting a conservative social and political status quo - would endure until the end of the Old Regime. A return to the traditional conservative values of non-intervention and prudence is called for. Synonyms right-wing, reactionary, traditionalist, unprogressive, establishmentarian, blimpish fundamentalist in the UK Tory in the US Republican informal true blue 2.1 Relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere. the Conservative government Example sentencesExamples An important factor in this was the experience of eighteen years of Conservative government. Labour's voters are more efficiently distributed than Conservative voters. The prospect of a Conservative government has provoked a major debate in the corporate media. Vendettas and character assassination have wrecked the last three Conservative leaderships. The suggestion has not, however, been welcomed by Conservative headquarters. In the county elections, there was one Conservative gain, which gives them an overall majority of three. The blame lies fairly and squarely at the door of this Conservative council. The three MPs said it is official Conservative policy to increase the size of the Army and it would keep the regiment. At the same time we had just emerged from a long period of Conservative government. Many of the people who had sent letters of protest and joined the lobby were Conservative voters. There was no real Conservative tradition in European terms, nor socialism neither. Plans for a tidy tip next to a busy park have been criticised by Conservative councillors. The Labour Government rigidly stuck to Conservative spending targets in its first two years of office. If Labour wins its expected second landslide it will mark the end of a century of Conservative hegemony. How do we develop a response to the Labour and Conservative assaults on our Home affairs and Taxation polices? After what some would say has been a long gestation period, new Conservative policies have appeared. This is all down to a lack of capital expenditure on the railways by success Labour and Conservative governments. If he does become Conservative leader or even Prime minister then, yes, that may make a difference. The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are contesting every seat. The Conservative governments bypassed local authorities in many policy fields. 3(of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution. police placed the value of the haul at a conservative £500,000 Example sentencesExamples However, with conservative estimates putting the figure at almost £40 million, cabinet approval will be required. Forty years is a ridiculously conservative estimate, as can now be demonstrated, and it turns out that microfiche's shelf-life is limited too, far more than paper. A conservative estimate would surely be closer to 60,000. The $2.8 million is a conservative estimate based on records from the House and Senate clerks' offices. The number of women trafficked for this purpose is unknown, although conservative estimates put the number in the millions. Those sorts of considerations are why I said $440 billion was a conservative estimate, which is admittedly a bit crazy just to say, but there it is. And that, say experts, is a very conservative estimate. It appears this may have been a conservative estimate. The combat capability of such a servicemen could be compared, even by conservative estimates, to that of a modern section or even platoon. A conservative estimate suggested that mistaken identification contributed to the wrongful conviction of more than 300 people a year in England and Wales. One conservative estimate put the number of protesters at more than six million people, making it largest ever simultaneous demonstration since the Vietnam War. At a conservative estimate, anywhere between three to five million people live inside these protected areas and several millions more around them. And, you know, that might be a conservative estimate. Despite the fact that a conservative estimate for the overall cost of the project is in the region of 40 million both men believe now is the time to make such an investment. He said it was not possible to say how long the pressure would have lasted: ‘A conservative estimate would be about a minute, maybe two.’ A conservative estimate has visitors spending an average of €80 each. The price was paid in Latin America in the deaths and disappearance of, at a conservative estimate, around 100,000 people throughout the subcontinent. The average person moves six times in their lifetime, according to conservative estimates, sometimes losing touch with friends, colleagues and even relatives. However, this is a conservative estimate that suggests at most just one in eight of all non-resident accounts opened over the period in question were bogus. We consider this to be a conservative estimate. Synonyms low, cautious, understated, unexaggerated, moderate, reasonable 4(of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible. Example sentencesExamples Surgical referral may be indicated after conservative treatment has failed, although the exact timing of surgery should be decided on an individual basis. Initial treatment of both conditions is conservative, but when conservative treatment fails, the surgical approach to the two problems differs markedly. If conservative treatment fails, surgery to excise any bone spurs and debridement of the retrocalcaneal bursa may be helpful. After a trial of conservative treatment, definitive surgical repair is usually required. When conservative treatments don't help, surgery may offer relief. This finding has implications for patients with normal or near normal facial function who are advised to undertake conservative observation rather than surgery. Surgeons need to exhaust conservative treatments before proceeding to surgery and be realistic about the outcome of surgery. But they usually respond to conservative treatment and don't need surgery. The surgical alternatives to medical treatment range from minor conservative procedures to hysterectomy. Mild symptoms may be helped by conservative treatments such as pain relievers, physical therapy or a supportive brace. Surgeons are traditionalists, and the early experience of our peers has coloured current surgical opinion and slowed the introduction of conservative surgery for the benign parotid lump. For patients who do not respond to conservative treatment, surgery should be considered. Early surgery also avoids complications when conservative treatment fails. Fortunately, conservative treatments such as ice, rest and physical therapy can often relieve symptoms. The trial randomized 1,033 patients in 27 countries to early surgery or conservative treatment. The orthopaedic surgeon continued to use conservative treatment, but the symptoms were no better a year later. Continence surgery is indicated when conservative treatment fails or the patient wants definitive treatment. Treatment is usually conservative and involves cortisone injections, anti-inflammatory medications, and physical therapy. Mammography, bilateral in patients who had had conservative surgery, was scheduled once a year. With resection procedures and conservative treatment, many limbs were saved, and deaths were avoided. noun kənˈsəːvətɪvkənˈsərvədɪv 1A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values. he remains a conservative in constitutional matters Example sentencesExamples The likely truth is that liberal bias does affect news coverage, but not always in the ways conservatives suspect. The suggestion was immediately set upon by conservatives who argued it was all exaggerated. Many conservatives expect a Supreme Court justice whose opinions they can predict. There are a lot of conservatives who have held their tongue for the better part of two years. The antagonism between conservatives and progressives in Korea has a long history. They saw fascists as more patriotic and determined than traditional conservatives. The great failing of conservatives is their tendency to just give up after a few tries. When divorce came along, the same conservatives argued it would mean an end to the institution. In liberal mythology it's conservatives and reactionaries who take the simplistic view. So the claim that there are conservatives who believe in some sort of absolute liberty is a total straw man. On the other side is every strand of opinion from traditional moral conservatives to communists. That line seems to be working pretty well now among some of my fellow conservatives. We can only hope for the day when liberals stop considering conservatives to be lesser human beings. He could actually win if the turnout is low and led by conservatives who are sticking by him. She proceeded to lay out her views on a range of issues that rub conservatives raw. The conservatives approve of my using the old words, but my themes upset them. I have put up here some reasons why conservatives in particular have reason to be thankful today. It just shows that there is nothing that conservatives can do to please some people. This is not to say that any one group of conservatives are strictly to blame. Once Africa was no longer a site of superpower competition, conservatives largely lost interest as well. Synonyms right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard in the UK Tory in the US Republican 2A supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere. Example sentencesExamples The letter was also signed by a handful who revealed they had in the past supported the Conservatives. There has never been a coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Next year the chair will be a Liberal Democrat and the Conservatives will take the deputy chair. Now the Conservatives have decided to try a similar approach with their party advertising. Around them stand officials and party workers from the Conservatives and Lib Dems. Nor is it right for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to connive with that purpose. Throughout that period the Conservatives remained a minority party in the Commons. I'd never vote for the Conservatives unless they became a radically different party. The Conservatives tried it when they were in power, and now New Labour have tried it. As the middle class has grown in size so also the Conservatives have gained a smaller share of that vote. Every time I go to a gathering of Conservatives I am struck by their refusal to live in the real world. The Liberals and the Conservatives have made the same sort of cuts when they have been in charge. The Scottish National Party and Conservatives are expected to oppose the building. We know the Labour councillors are opposed to it, so that leaves the Conservatives. He also insisted the Conservatives were now ready to form the next government. The polls refuse to shift and the Conservatives are seen as a single-issue party. The Conservatives were second in all five seats with the Liberal Democrats third. Unlike the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives we do not make promises we cannot keep. He points out in his letter that the Conservatives did not wish to form the Executive of the Council. Phrases conservative with a small ‘c’ Said of someone who is conservative in outlook but does not necessarily vote for or support a Conservative party. I think there are a good number of teachers who are instinctively conservative with a small c Example sentencesExamples There is something conservative about much of Pixar's output, but when I say conservative, I mean a small "c" conservative. Derivatives conservativeness noun She would celebrate the day when she would rid herself of all her conservativeness. Example sentencesExamples And similarly, if the central bank is fully under the spell of government, the conservativeness of the central bank does not matter. Because the desire to combine conflicting data is strong in real studies, the conservativeness of the present test is unlikely to be a major concern for some. That's good news for defenders, who grew frustrated with the conservativeness of the scheme last year. Physicists generally maintain a healthy skepticism about whatever they hear and are much less susceptible to dogmatic conservativeness than one might think. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'aiming to preserve'): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- 'conserved', from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century. adj.1 phr. Definition of conservative in US English: conservative adjectivekənˈsərvədivkənˈsərvədɪv 1Holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion. Example sentencesExamples Not until the second half of the nineteenth century did the valuation of scientific knowledge come into conflict with more conservative religious values. This modernization was predicated on defense, rather than destruction, of traditional and conservative Spanish Catholic religious culture. An orchestrated return to traditional family values has pressured conservative men to explicitly re-valorize women who accept traditional roles. What are referred to as the Christian right in the USA are mainly people with very conservative values about issues such as homosexuality and abortion. While her friends accept the affair, she must hide it from her tradition-bound parents and religiously conservative older brother. Kenyan homes are traditionally conservative and strictly patriarchal. These prevalent conservative values have complicated the kingdom's relations with its main foreign ally - the United States. Lewis was an old-fashioned Christian, and those who consider the church to be too interested in modernising see him as a hero of religious orthodoxy and conservative values. The rapid rise of the green movement is an example of this, because it appeals to traditional conservative values. His parents weren't party-political, but he was certainly brought up with traditionally conservative values. This contrasts with a stronger assertion of identity and values among conservative church bodies. If the deceased fisherman has relatives and belongs to a conservative religious tradition, his ambiguous death is more likely to be judged an accident than if he is single and secular. There he embarked on a covert anti-devolution campaign and many respected journalists left as he imposed his middle-market editorial content and conservative values on the paper. Betty may only be a character, but she's part of a much larger trend toward conservative values and traditional female roles. Here again there is a fine balance to be struck between the use of doctrine to enforce innovation and its more conservative function as the bearer of professional values and institutional memories. Will it mean that the tide of traditional patriarchal values, of conservative religiosity, will become irreversible? Many of them are religious, (and they may have voted to ban gay marriage) but they are not driven to the polls on the conservative values agenda. We hear a lot about conservative values in the country. Some activists approach these issues from the perspective of religious freedom and conservative values. Should I teach them secular values or conservative religious ones? Synonyms traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, stable, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, unchanging, hidebound 1.1 (of dress or taste) sober and conventional. a conservative suit Example sentencesExamples The best advice I was always given by peers was to dress in a conservative suit with modest accessories at the interview. The students' conservative dress also belies the fact that they are, like they were in my day, by and large liberal in outlook. Not wanting to bowl him over completely on their first date, she'd donned a fairly conservative dress of navy blue, with white trim and buttons. The many suits and ties and other conservative dress worn by the crowd yesterday reflected the upscale membership of much of the organisation. Since newcomers established colonies in imitation of their homelands, their taste was inherently conservative, broadening only with time and travel. The hectic design would hardly have conformed with Philip's conservative taste. She was wearing a conservative peach dress suit and low-heeled white shoes. It was a kind of sweet and sour sauce, possibly of lemon and mustard, that just didn't hit it off with my conservative taste buds. She was dressed in a conservative black suit and pearls. He really does look as if a men's conservative dress shop is the only place that would hire him. Otherwise, he has dressed in a conservative gray suit, with a crisp white shirt and perfectly creased trousers. Not only are the quantities of meat large, but the fact that there are people who want to eat dried rat bat, or even monkey meat comes as a surprise to those of us whose tastes are more conservative. The traditional range is still being sold, particularly into America where tastes are more conservative. The dress was very conservative, but it accentuated my curves. The rather conservative dress in question is on the left as you can see. For women, the look is conservative - ladylike suits, sophisticated pantsuits, subtle dark dresses. It also is the least atonal-sounding movement and will likely appeal even to those of fairly conservative tastes. The busts bear no arms or other marks which might help with identification of the sitters, although the conservative dress and hairstyle suggest they were from the middle classes. The real viewers are likely to be over 50, married and of broadly conservative tastes. I work for a commercial real-estate company with a highly conservative dress code. Synonyms conventional, sober, quiet, modest, plain, unobtrusive, unostentatious, restrained, reserved, subdued, subtle, low-key, demure 1.2 (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution. the film was not cheap—$30,000 is a conservative estimate Example sentencesExamples Despite the fact that a conservative estimate for the overall cost of the project is in the region of 40 million both men believe now is the time to make such an investment. The price was paid in Latin America in the deaths and disappearance of, at a conservative estimate, around 100,000 people throughout the subcontinent. And that, say experts, is a very conservative estimate. A conservative estimate has visitors spending an average of €80 each. One conservative estimate put the number of protesters at more than six million people, making it largest ever simultaneous demonstration since the Vietnam War. A conservative estimate would surely be closer to 60,000. A conservative estimate suggested that mistaken identification contributed to the wrongful conviction of more than 300 people a year in England and Wales. We consider this to be a conservative estimate. However, with conservative estimates putting the figure at almost £40 million, cabinet approval will be required. The average person moves six times in their lifetime, according to conservative estimates, sometimes losing touch with friends, colleagues and even relatives. It appears this may have been a conservative estimate. The $2.8 million is a conservative estimate based on records from the House and Senate clerks' offices. Forty years is a ridiculously conservative estimate, as can now be demonstrated, and it turns out that microfiche's shelf-life is limited too, far more than paper. At a conservative estimate, anywhere between three to five million people live inside these protected areas and several millions more around them. Those sorts of considerations are why I said $440 billion was a conservative estimate, which is admittedly a bit crazy just to say, but there it is. The number of women trafficked for this purpose is unknown, although conservative estimates put the number in the millions. And, you know, that might be a conservative estimate. However, this is a conservative estimate that suggests at most just one in eight of all non-resident accounts opened over the period in question were bogus. He said it was not possible to say how long the pressure would have lasted: ‘A conservative estimate would be about a minute, maybe two.’ The combat capability of such a servicemen could be compared, even by conservative estimates, to that of a modern section or even platoon. Synonyms low, cautious, understated, unexaggerated, moderate, reasonable 1.3 (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible. Example sentencesExamples The orthopaedic surgeon continued to use conservative treatment, but the symptoms were no better a year later. Mammography, bilateral in patients who had had conservative surgery, was scheduled once a year. Continence surgery is indicated when conservative treatment fails or the patient wants definitive treatment. Fortunately, conservative treatments such as ice, rest and physical therapy can often relieve symptoms. Treatment is usually conservative and involves cortisone injections, anti-inflammatory medications, and physical therapy. Surgical referral may be indicated after conservative treatment has failed, although the exact timing of surgery should be decided on an individual basis. The surgical alternatives to medical treatment range from minor conservative procedures to hysterectomy. With resection procedures and conservative treatment, many limbs were saved, and deaths were avoided. Initial treatment of both conditions is conservative, but when conservative treatment fails, the surgical approach to the two problems differs markedly. After a trial of conservative treatment, definitive surgical repair is usually required. But they usually respond to conservative treatment and don't need surgery. If conservative treatment fails, surgery to excise any bone spurs and debridement of the retrocalcaneal bursa may be helpful. This finding has implications for patients with normal or near normal facial function who are advised to undertake conservative observation rather than surgery. Early surgery also avoids complications when conservative treatment fails. When conservative treatments don't help, surgery may offer relief. Surgeons need to exhaust conservative treatments before proceeding to surgery and be realistic about the outcome of surgery. For patients who do not respond to conservative treatment, surgery should be considered. Surgeons are traditionalists, and the early experience of our peers has coloured current surgical opinion and slowed the introduction of conservative surgery for the benign parotid lump. The trial randomized 1,033 patients in 27 countries to early surgery or conservative treatment. Mild symptoms may be helped by conservative treatments such as pain relievers, physical therapy or a supportive brace. 1.4 Relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party in another country. Example sentencesExamples How do we develop a response to the Labour and Conservative assaults on our Home affairs and Taxation polices? If Labour wins its expected second landslide it will mark the end of a century of Conservative hegemony. There was no real Conservative tradition in European terms, nor socialism neither. The Conservative governments bypassed local authorities in many policy fields. This is all down to a lack of capital expenditure on the railways by success Labour and Conservative governments. At the same time we had just emerged from a long period of Conservative government. Vendettas and character assassination have wrecked the last three Conservative leaderships. The suggestion has not, however, been welcomed by Conservative headquarters. Many of the people who had sent letters of protest and joined the lobby were Conservative voters. The three MPs said it is official Conservative policy to increase the size of the Army and it would keep the regiment. The blame lies fairly and squarely at the door of this Conservative council. The Labour Government rigidly stuck to Conservative spending targets in its first two years of office. Plans for a tidy tip next to a busy park have been criticised by Conservative councillors. If he does become Conservative leader or even Prime minister then, yes, that may make a difference. In the county elections, there was one Conservative gain, which gives them an overall majority of three. Labour's voters are more efficiently distributed than Conservative voters. The prospect of a Conservative government has provoked a major debate in the corporate media. The Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties are contesting every seat. After what some would say has been a long gestation period, new Conservative policies have appeared. An important factor in this was the experience of eighteen years of Conservative government. nounkənˈsərvədivkənˈsərvədɪv 1A person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics. Example sentencesExamples This is not to say that any one group of conservatives are strictly to blame. On the other side is every strand of opinion from traditional moral conservatives to communists. The likely truth is that liberal bias does affect news coverage, but not always in the ways conservatives suspect. When divorce came along, the same conservatives argued it would mean an end to the institution. Once Africa was no longer a site of superpower competition, conservatives largely lost interest as well. I have put up here some reasons why conservatives in particular have reason to be thankful today. The great failing of conservatives is their tendency to just give up after a few tries. It just shows that there is nothing that conservatives can do to please some people. The antagonism between conservatives and progressives in Korea has a long history. Many conservatives expect a Supreme Court justice whose opinions they can predict. The conservatives approve of my using the old words, but my themes upset them. He could actually win if the turnout is low and led by conservatives who are sticking by him. We can only hope for the day when liberals stop considering conservatives to be lesser human beings. The suggestion was immediately set upon by conservatives who argued it was all exaggerated. So the claim that there are conservatives who believe in some sort of absolute liberty is a total straw man. In liberal mythology it's conservatives and reactionaries who take the simplistic view. That line seems to be working pretty well now among some of my fellow conservatives. They saw fascists as more patriotic and determined than traditional conservatives. She proceeded to lay out her views on a range of issues that rub conservatives raw. There are a lot of conservatives who have held their tongue for the better part of two years. Synonyms right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard 1.1 A supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party in another country. Example sentencesExamples Throughout that period the Conservatives remained a minority party in the Commons. The Liberals and the Conservatives have made the same sort of cuts when they have been in charge. The Conservatives tried it when they were in power, and now New Labour have tried it. The Scottish National Party and Conservatives are expected to oppose the building. The letter was also signed by a handful who revealed they had in the past supported the Conservatives. He points out in his letter that the Conservatives did not wish to form the Executive of the Council. The Conservatives were second in all five seats with the Liberal Democrats third. Every time I go to a gathering of Conservatives I am struck by their refusal to live in the real world. I'd never vote for the Conservatives unless they became a radically different party. The polls refuse to shift and the Conservatives are seen as a single-issue party. As the middle class has grown in size so also the Conservatives have gained a smaller share of that vote. Around them stand officials and party workers from the Conservatives and Lib Dems. Now the Conservatives have decided to try a similar approach with their party advertising. There has never been a coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. Next year the chair will be a Liberal Democrat and the Conservatives will take the deputy chair. Nor is it right for the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to connive with that purpose. We know the Labour councillors are opposed to it, so that leaves the Conservatives. He also insisted the Conservatives were now ready to form the next government. Unlike the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives we do not make promises we cannot keep. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘aiming to preserve’): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- ‘conserved’, from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.
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