conservativist

DEFINITIONS OF: conservativist

Antonyms:: liberal, liberalist, progressive
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

Examples:: show 6 examples...; hide 6 examples...; Karl Adolf Eichmann
Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962); Paul Joseph Goebbels
German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945); Hermann Wilhelm Goring
German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946); Walther Richard Rudolf Hess
Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987); Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945); Adolf Hitler
German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945)

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a conservative advocate of capitalism; conformist
someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); fuddy-duddy
a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance; hardliner
a conservative who is uncompromising; minimalist
a conservative who advocates only minor reforms in government or politics; mossback
an extremely old-fashioned conservative; neocon, neoconservative
a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism; extreme right-winger, reactionary, ultraconservative
an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism; right-winger, rightist
a member of a right wing political party; square, square toes
a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views; diehard, traditionalist
one who adheres to traditional views; Bourbon
a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South); Blimp, Colonel Blimp
any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low); fascist
an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views; monarchist, royalist
an advocate of the principles of monarchy; Rip van Winkle
a person oblivious to social changes; Tory
a supporter of traditional political and social institutions against the forces of reform; a political conservative

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