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How to pronounce “conservative

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Pronunciation guide for conservative

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Practice the English pronunciation of conservative with real speech in context.
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The Genetics of Politicsliberal to conservative in a world scale
Definition summary
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.

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How to pronounce conservative

The Genetics of Politics

liberal to conservative in a world scale

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “conservative

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
  • (politics) One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions.
  • (especially US, Canada, politics) One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).
  • [Adjective]
  • Cautious, moderate.
  • Tending to resist change or innovation.
  • Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.
  • (US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
  • (British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
  • (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)
  • (linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.
  • (calculus, of field) That is the gradient of a function.

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