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Collocations for conservative - noun

ADJECTIVE

diehard, hard-line, staunch
right-wing
political
compassionate
cultural, fiscal, social
Christian, religious (both AmE)

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Collocations for conservative - adj.

VERBS

be
become
remain

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
deeply, highly, profoundly, solidly, staunchly
a staunchly conservative nominee
overly
The gloomy forecasts are based on overly conservative projections of growth.
ideologically
Her views are by no means ideologically conservative.
increasingly
largely, predominantly
moderately, relatively
moderately conservative voters
basically, essentially, fundamentally, generally
She takes a basically conservative view of society.
a fundamentally conservative political outlook
inherently
the army's inherently conservative values
notoriously
Banks are notoriously conservative about their dealings with clients.
traditionally
a traditionally conservative profession
culturally, fiscally, morally, politically, religiously (esp. AmE), socially
the culturally conservative world of commerce and industry

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Conservative is used with these nouns:
administration, agenda, approach, attitude, backlash, bench, bias, campaign, candidate, cause, challenger, Christian, coalition, commentator, congregation, Congressman, Congresswoman, councillor, credentials, economist, elite, establishment, estimate, faction, forecast, government, heartland, Jew, Judaism, judge, landslide, leader, leadership, manifesto, media, movement, nationalist, newspaper, party, peer, philosophy, point of view, politician, politics, premier, prime minister, propaganda, regime, rival, scholar, senator, slant, stance, supporter, thinker, value, view, viewpoint, vote, wing

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