conservative
English
/kənˈsɝvətɪv/, /kənˈsɜːvətɪv/
noun
Definitions
- A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French conservatif derived from Latin cōnservō (I preserve, I conserve, preserve) suffix from English conserve.
Origin
English
conserve
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticonservative English
- anticonservativeness English
- archconservative English
- biconservative English
- bioconservative English
- conservancy English
- conservatard English
- conservatise English
- conservatively English
- conservativeness English
- conservativism English
- conservatization English
- conservatize English
- conservatory English
- conserve English
- conserveness English
- conserver English
- conservest English
- conserveth English
- neoconservative English
- neoconservativism English
- neotard English
- nonconservative English
- overconservative English
- paleoconservative English
- reconserve English
- semiconservative English
- semiconservatively English
- superconservative English
- technoconservative English
- theoconservative English
- ultraconservative English
- unconservative English
- conservatio Latin
- conservator Latin
- conservatrix Latin
- cōnservō Latin
- konzervativizmus Hungarian
- konzervatív Hungarian
- konzervatívabb Hungarian
- conserver French
- conservar Spanish, Castilian
- conservar Portuguese
- conserver Old French
- konservi Esperanto
- conservar Catalan, Valencian
- conservatif Middle French
- conservar Interlingua
- neotard
- conserve
- conserver
- conserveth
- reconserve
- conservest
- conservancy
- conservatory
- conservatize
- conserveness
- conservatard
- conservatise
- unconservative
- biconservative
- conservatively
- conservativism
- nonconservative
- bioconservative
- neoconservative
- archconservative
- anticonservative
- overconservative
- conservatization
- theoconservative
- semiconservative
- conservativeness
- neoconservativism
- paleoconservative
- superconservative
- ultraconservative
- semiconservatively
- technoconservative
- anticonservativeness