■ adjective
1》 averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.
↘(of dress or taste) sober and conventional.
2》 (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially ~ ideas.
↘( Conservative ) relating to a Conservative Party.
3》 (of an estimate) purposely low for the sake of caution.
4》 (of surgery or medical treatment) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, and preserve existing tissue.
■ noun
1》 a ~ person.
2》 ( Conservative ) a supporter or member of a Conservative Party.
Derivatives
conservatism noun
~ly adverb
~ness noun