super-conservative
adjective
(alsosuperconservative,super conservative)uk/ˌsuː.pə.kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/us/ˌsuː.pɚ.kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/super-conservativeadjective(CAREFUL)
Actions ordecisionsthat are super-conservative are madeextremelycarefully, without taking anyrisks:
Thecurrencyis a super-conservativeinvestmentwith goodpotentialforgrowth.
Investments in thestockmarketcan be either veryriskyor superconservative.
We have asuperconservativebudgetfor theproject.
A super-conservativeguessorcalculationislikelyto be much less than therealamount. :
I'm going to be superconservative andassumethatsalesgrowthwillslowdown thisyear.
- Thecompanyrecordedhugeprofitswith a super-conservativestrategy.
Cautious and vigilant
- abundance
- an abundance of cautionidiom
- askance
- attentive
- attentively
- conservative
- conservatively
- diligence
- diligent
- discreet
- methodically
- meticulous
- meticulously
- meticulousness
- mindful
- scrupulous
- sedulous
- sedulously
- slowly
- super-cautious
super-conservativeadjective(AGAINST CHANGE)
stronglydislikingor nottrustingchange,especiallysuddenchange:
Ourparentswere superconservative with verystrictrules.
Herfamilyis super-conservative and didn'tapproveoftheirmarriage.
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- desi
- endogamy
- multicultural
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
- zeitgeist
super-conservativeadjective(SUPPORTING POLITICAL RIGHT)
stronglysupportingbusinessandopposinghightaxesandgovernmentinvolvementinindustry, orstronglysupportingapoliticalpartythatbelievesin theseideas:
She is aregisteredRepublican, but is notsuperconservative.
Thesoldiersmostlycome frompoor, super-conservativeareasof thecountry.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- overstep
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- subsidiarity
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
super-conservative
noun[C]
(alsosuperconservative)uk/ˌsuː.pə.kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/us/ˌsuː.pɚ.kənˈsɝː.və.t̬ɪv/someone whostronglysupportsbusinessandopposeshightaxesandgovernmentinvolvementinindustry, or whosupportsapoliticalpartythatbelievesin theseideas. Super-conservatives often alsosupporttraditionalideasaboutfamily,behaviour,punishment, etc. :
He was a superconservative whoopposeddivorce.
Heseemedtobecomea superconservativeovernight.
- A few super-conservatives werecallingfor thedeportationofimmigrantworkers.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- overstep
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- subsidiarity
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism