Conservative vs. Libertarian
Difference Between Conservative and Libertarian
Conservativenoun
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo.
Libertariannoun
One who advocates liberty, either generally or in relation to a specific issue.
Conservativenoun
(politics) One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country.
Libertariannoun
A believer in a political doctrine that emphasizes individual liberty and a lack of governmental regulation, intervention, and oversight both in matters of the economy (‘free market’) and in personal behavior where no one’s rights are being violated or threatened; also, a ‘classical liberal’, akin to an ‘anarcho-capitalist’.
Conservativenoun
A political conservative.
Libertariannoun
A left-libertarian, an antiauthoritarian believer in both individual freedom and social justice (social equality and mutual aid), such as a social anarchist.
Conservativenoun
A fiscal conservative.
Libertariannoun
(philosophy) A believer in the freedom of the thinking beings to choose their own destiny, i.e. a believer in free will as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined.
Conservativenoun
A social conservative.
Libertarianadjective
Having the beliefs of libertarians; having a relative tendency towards liberty.
Conservativeadjective
Cautious.
Libertarianadjective
(dated) Relating to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.
Conservativeadjective
Tending to resist change or innovation.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.Libertariannoun
someone who believes the doctrine of free will
Conservativeadjective
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.Conservativeadjective
Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
Conservativeadjective
Relating to the Conservative Party.
Conservativeadjective
Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Conservativeadjective
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
Conservativeadjective
(Judaism) Relating to Conservative Judaism.
Conservativeadjective
(clothing) Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense.
Conservativeadjective
(medicine) Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment)
Conservativenoun
a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
Conservativeadjective
resistant to change
Conservativeadjective
opposed to liberal reforms
Conservativeadjective
avoiding excess;
a conservative estimateConservativeadjective
unimaginatively conventional;
a colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-gray world of businessConservativeadjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class;
a bourgeois mentality
