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(Noun) someone who likes to conserve things.

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(Noun) (Politics): traditionally, one who is/was the opposite of "liberal" ("Let's not change things unnecessarily," "The old ways are best in most cases." - but more often a knee-jerk obstructionist nowadays.

Usage: Barry Goldwater, to many, was a traditional principled conservative, though traditionalists have problems finding, in today's Republican leadership, conservative principles.

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(Adjective) The antonym of radical

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