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Noun
S:
(n)
conservative
,
conservativist
(a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)
S:
(n)
Conservative
(a member of a Conservative Party)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
conservative
(resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion)
S:
(adj)
conservative
(having social or political views favoring conservatism)
similar to
antonym
S:
(adj)
cautious
,
conservative
(avoiding excess)
"a conservative estimate"
S:
(adj)
button-down
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buttoned-down
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conservative
(unimaginatively conventional)
"a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek
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antonym
S:
(adj)
bourgeois
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conservative
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materialistic
(conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class)
"a bourgeois mentality"