conservative

conservateur

Personne qui soutient les valeurs et institutions traditionnelles et s’oppose aux grands changements politiques.

En anglais simple : A person whose political beliefs support traditional values and institutions and oppose major changes.

• He is a political conservative.
• Conservatives and liberals disagreed about the new law.
• Many conservatives supported the candidate’s promise to protect traditional institutions.

Synonymes : right-winger

Contraires : progressive

Expressions courantes : political conservative, moderate conservative, a conservative, committed conservative

conservateur, traditionaliste

Personne qui préfère les habitudes existantes ou traditionnelles et accueille mal le changement.

En anglais simple : A person who prefers existing or traditional ways and does not welcome change.

• My uncle is a conservative at heart.
• The conservatives on the committee opposed the new teaching methods.
• Even a conservative can welcome some changes.

Synonymes : traditionalist

Contraires : progressive

Expressions courantes : a conservative, lifelong conservative, conservative at heart

membre du Parti conservateur, conservateur

Personne qui appartient au parti politique appelé Parti conservateur.

En anglais simple : A member of the political party called the Conservative Party.

• She is a Conservative.
• Two Conservatives voted against their party’s proposal.
• The local Conservative won a seat in Parliament.

Synonymes : Tory

Expressions courantes : a Conservative, Conservative leader, Conservative candidate, Conservative in parliament

conservateur fiscal

Personne favorable à des dépenses publiques limitées, des impôts bas et une gestion prudente de l’argent public.

En anglais simple : A person who favors limited government spending, low taxes, and careful control of public money.

• He calls himself a fiscal conservative.
• Fiscal conservatives opposed the increase in public spending.
• She is a conservative on budget matters but supports social reforms.

Synonymes : fiscal conservative

Expressions courantes : fiscal conservative, economic conservative, budget conservative

conservateur social

Personne qui soutient les idées traditionnelles sur la famille, la religion et la manière de se comporter.

En anglais simple : A person who supports traditional ideas about family, religion, and how people should behave.

• She describes herself as a social conservative.
• Social conservatives supported the campaign to protect traditional family values.
• The proposal divided social conservatives and people seeking changes to marriage laws.

Synonymes : social traditionalist

Contraires : social liberal

Expressions courantes : social conservative, religious conservative, committed social conservative

conservateur, traditionaliste

Qui préfère les façons de faire traditionnelles et évite de les changer.

En anglais simple : Preferring traditional ways and avoiding changes to them.

• Her family is quite conservative.
• He has conservative views about family life.
• The town remained conservative despite changes in the wider society.

Synonymes : traditional, traditionalist

Contraires : progressive

Expressions courantes : conservative views, conservative values, conservative family, conservative attitudes

prudent, modéré

Estimé avec prudence pour éviter un chiffre trop élevé ou trop optimiste, souvent inférieur à la quantité réelle.

En anglais simple : Carefully chosen to avoid being too high or optimistic, often lower than the real amount.

• That is a conservative estimate.
• Even conservative forecasts suggest that sales will double.
• Our conservative figure excludes several costs that may arise later.

Synonymes : cautious, restrained

Contraires : optimistic

Expressions courantes : conservative estimate, conservative figure, conservative forecast, conservative projection

prudent, modéré

Qui évite de prendre des risques ou d’utiliser plus que nécessaire.

En anglais simple : Careful about taking risks or using more than is needed.

• Use a conservative amount of oil.
• The doctor recommended a conservative approach to treatment.
• They were conservative with their investments during the crisis.

Comment l'utiliser : conservative with something (Be conservative with the salt until you have tasted the soup.)

Synonymes : cautious, moderate, restrained

Contraires : reckless

Expressions courantes : conservative approach, conservative amount, conservative treatment, conservative strategy