English-Thai Dictionary

conservative

ADJ ที่ เป็น การป้องกัน  ti-pen-kan-pong-kan

 

conservative

ADJ ที่ เป็น อนุรักษ์นิยม  traditional conventional ti-pen-ar-nu-rak-ni-yom

 

conservative

ADJ ระมัดระวัง  cautious ra-mad-ra-wang

 

conservative

N คนที่ มี แนวคิด อนุรักษ์นิยม  kon-ti-me-naeo-kid-ar-nu-rak-ni-yom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSERVATIVE

a.Preservative; having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste or injury.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONSERVATIVE

Con *serv "a *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. conservatif.]

 

1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.

 

2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.

 

3. Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government as the Conservative party in england; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical. We have always been conscientuously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propierty be called the Conservative, party. Quart. Rev. (183 ). Conservative system (Mech. ), a material sustem of such a nature that after the system has undergone any series of changes, and been brought back in any manner to its original state, the whole work done by external agents on the system is equal to the whole work done by the system overcoming external forces. Clerk Maxwell.

 

CONSERVATIVE

CONSERVATIVE Con *serv "a *tive, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver. The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.

 

3. (Eng. Hist. )

 

Defn: A member of the Conservative party.

 

CONSERVATIVENESS

CONSERVATIVENESS Con *serv "a *tive *ness, a.

 

Defn: The quality of being conservative.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

conservative

con serv a tive |kənˈsərvətiv kənˈsərvəˌtɪv | ▶adjective holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion. • (of dress or taste ) sober and conventional: a conservative suit. • (of an estimate ) purposely low for the sake of caution: the film was not cheap —$30,000 is a conservative estimate. • (of surgery or medical treatment ) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible. • ( Conservative ) of or relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party in another country. ▶noun a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics. • ( Conservative ) a supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party in another country. DERIVATIVES con serv a tism |kənˈsərvəˌtizəm |noun, con serv a tive ly adverb, con serv a tive ness noun 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 onward.

 

Conservative Judaism

Con serv a tive Ju da ism ▶noun a form of Judaism, particularly prevalent in North America, that seeks to preserve Jewish tradition and ritual but has a more flexible approach to the interpretation of the law than Orthodox Judaism.

 

Conservative Party

Con serv a tive Par ty |kənˈsərvədɪv | ▶noun a political party promoting free enterprise and private ownership, in particular a major British party that emerged from the old Tory Party in the 1830s and 1840s.

 

Oxford Dictionary

conservative

con |ser ¦va |tive |kənˈsəːvətɪv | ▶adjective 1 averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values: they were very conservative in their outlook. • (of dress or taste ) sober and conventional: a conservative suit. 2 (in a political context ) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas. • ( Conservative ) relating to the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere. 3 (of an estimate ) purposely low for the sake of caution: police placed the value of the haul at a conservative £500,000. 4 (of surgery or medical treatment ) intended to control rather than eliminate a condition, with existing tissue preserved as far as possible. ▶noun 1 a person who is averse to change and holds traditional values. 2 ( Conservative ) a supporter or member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere. 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. DERIVATIVES conservatism noun, conservatively adverb, conservativeness noun 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 cent.

 

Conservative Judaism

Conservative Juda |ism ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of Judaism, particularly prevalent in North America, which seeks to preserve Jewish tradition and ritual but has a more flexible approach to the interpretation of the law than Orthodox Judaism.

 

Conservative Party

Conservative Party ▶noun a political party promoting free enterprise and private ownership, in particular a major British party that since the Second World War has been in power 1951 –64, 1970 –4, and 1979 –97. It emerged from the old Tory Party under Sir Robert Peel in the 1830s and 1840s.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

conservative

conservative adjective 1 the conservative wing of the party: right-wing, reactionary, traditionalist; Republican; Brit. Tory; informal redneck. ANTONYMS socialist. 2 our more conservative neighbors may object to the modern architecture being proposed: traditionalist, traditional, conventional, orthodox, old-fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool, hidebound, unadventurous, set in one's ways; moderate, middle-of-the-road, buttoned-down; informal stick-in-the-mud. ANTONYMS radical. 3 he wore a conservative blue suit: conventional, sober, modest, plain, unobtrusive, restrained, subtle, low-key, demure; informal square, straight. ANTONYMS ostentatious. 4 a conservative estimate: low, cautious, understated, moderate, reasonable. ▶noun liberals and conservatives have found common ground: right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard; Republican; Brit. Tory.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

conservative

conservative adjective 1 the conservative wing of the party: right-wing, reactionary, traditionalist, unprogressive, establishmentarian, blimpish; fundamentalist; in the UK Tory; in the US Republican; informal true blue. ANTONYMS socialist. 2 they were held in check by the conservative trade-union movement: 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. ANTONYMS radical. 3 men should wear a dark conservative suit: conventional, sober, quiet, modest, plain, unobtrusive, unostentatious, restrained, reserved, subdued, subtle, low-key, demure; informal square, straight. ANTONYMS ostentatious. 4 a conservative estimate: low, cautious, understated, unexaggerated, moderate, reasonable. ▶noun liberals and conservatives are beginning to find common ground on one point: right-winger, reactionary, rightist, diehard; in the UK Tory; in the US Republican.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

conservative

con ser va tive /kənsə́ː r vətɪv /〖原義は 「保存力のある 」〗(名 )conservation 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人 考え方などが 〉 «…の点で /…について » 保守的な , 保守主義の «in /about » (↔progressive ); 右翼 [右派 ]の ▸ conservative views 保守的な考え ▸ be conservative in opinion 意見が保守的である 2 比較なし 〖通例C -〗(英国 カナダなどの )保守党の ; 保守派ユダヤ教の ▸ a Conservative politician 保守党の政治家 3 〈趣味 服装などが 〉古風な , 伝統的な ▸ be in a conservative style 地味な服装で 4 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗控えめの , 慎重な 〈評価 推測など 〉▸ a conservative estimate 控えめな見積り 5 〈薬品などが 〉保存性の .名詞 C 1 〖通例C -〗保守党員 (｟略 ｠Con ).2 保守的な人 , 伝統主義者 .3 防腐剤 .C -̀ J ú daism 〘宗 〙保守派ユダヤ教 .C -́ P à rty 〖the ～〗(英国 カナダなどの )保守党 (→Labour Party ).～̀ s ú rgery 〘医 〙保存外科 .～ly 副詞 保守的に ; 控えめに .～ness 名詞 保守性 .