Conservative vs. Liberal |
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A comparison of the terms 'Conservative' and 'Liberal'. In the current political environment, both words tend to represent polarized viewpoints. I went to the dictionary to find the following definitions and a thesaurus to find the resulting synonyms and antonyms. The words in the gray cells are from the dictionary and the other statements are from the thesaurus. |
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Liberal |
Conservative |
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Generous |
Tending to conserve |
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Noble minded, magnanimous
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To keep from being damaged
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Willing to give or share, unselfish
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Tending to preserve established institutions |
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Tolerant |
An inner circle thought of as holding decisive power in
a nation
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Having or showing tolerance of other's beliefs
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Opposed to change |
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Broad-minded |
To place in opposite, in balance or contrast
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| Tolerant of unconventional behavior |
Set against in a contrary direction
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Favoring reform or progress |
Entirely different; exactly contrary
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| To make better as by stopping abuses |
Opposed, opposite in nature, order, etc. quite different
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| Improve |
Unfavorable
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| To cause a person to behave better |
Always resisting
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Progress |
Cautious |
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| A moving forward |
Full of caution
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| Development |
Careful to avoid danger
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| Improvement | ||
| To move forward toward completion | ||
| To improve | ||