Formalist vs Conservative - What's the difference?
formalist | conservative |
An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler
An advocate of formalism
A person who favors maintenance of the status quo or reversion to some earlier status.
(US, economics) A fiscal conservative
(US, politics) A political conservative
(US, social sciences) A social conservative.
Tending to resist change or innovation.
Based on pessimistic assumptions.
(US, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.
(US, politics) Relating to the Republican Party, regardless of its conservatism.
(British, politics) Relating to the Conservative Party.
* 1830 , Quarterly Rev.
(physics, notcomp) Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity.
Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.
As a noun formalist
is an overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler.As an adjective formalist
is of or pertaining to formalism; formalistic.As a proper noun conservative is
conservative party.formalist
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(wikipedia formalist)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* formalisticExternal links
* * ----conservative
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* traditionalist * right-wingerCoordinate terms
* moderate, liberal, progressive, libertarian, centristAdjective
(en adjective)- The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative .
- At a conservative estimate, growth may even be negative next year.
- We have always been conscientiously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propriety be called the Conservative , party.