Conservative
Conservative adjective - Tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions.
Usage example: conservative baseball fans consider the new ballpark too modern-looking and plain ugly
Revolutionary is an antonym for conservative.
Revolutionary
Revolutionary adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.
Usage example: a candidate with a lot of crazy, revolutionary ideas that no one seems to be going for
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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In a bloody epilogue after the signing of the definitive peace treaty French fought French as the forces of the conservative central government put down the Paris Commune, a short-lived revolutionary government which was in control by revolutionary members of the French working class.
- Within their own group, they might have a tendency to think that they know best- they are generally conservative creatures, but they are not above either hostile or even revolutionary actions to achieve the reforms they think are needed.
Source: Analysis / Eastern Zodiac -
Moral Guardians: The Revolutionary Guard are initially disgusted by the (by conservative Islamic standards) half-naked girl on the Argo cover.
Source: Film / Argo
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