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conservative

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conservative in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
    "a bourgeois mentality"
    bourgeois  conservative  materialistic 
  2. unimaginatively conventional
    "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
    button-down  buttoned-down  conservative 
  3. avoiding excess
    "a conservative estimate"
    cautious  conservative 
  4. resistant to change
    conservative 
  5. having social or political views favoring conservatism
    conservative 
noun
  1. a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
    conservative  conservativist 
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