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Conservative

n. a member of a Conservative Party

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conservative

adj. having social or political views favoring conservatism

conservative

adj. resistant to change

cautious, conservative

adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"

bourgeois, conservative, materialistic

adj. conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"

button-down, buttoned-down, conservative

adj. unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek

traditional

adj. pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; "the simple security of traditional assumptions has vanished"

temperate

adj. not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"

moderate, restrained

adj. marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"

bleached, faded, washed-out, washy

adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"

pastel

adj. delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"

healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

common, plebeian

adj. of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

average, ordinary

adj. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street"

reactionary, reactionist, far-right

adj. extremely conservative

rightish

adj. tending toward the political right

rightist, right-wing

adj. believing in or supporting tenets of the political right

average, intermediate, medium

adj. around the middle of a scale of evaluation; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers"

fair, fairish, reasonable

adj. not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices"

limited

adj. not excessive

middle-of-the-road

adj. not extreme, especially in political views

modest, small

adj. not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"

bourgeois

adj. belonging to the middle class

lower-middle-class

adj. occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society

upper-middle-class

adj. occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society

square, straight

adj. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

stereotyped, stereotypic, stereotypical, unimaginative

adj. lacking spontaneity or originality or individuality; "stereotyped phrases of condolence"; "even his profanity was unimaginative"

liberal, liberalist, progressive

n. a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

liberal

adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

extreme

adj. beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

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