ULTRACONSERVATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultraconservative mean? 

• ULTRACONSERVATIVE (noun)
  The noun ULTRACONSERVATIVE has 1 sense:

1. an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

  Familiarity information: ULTRACONSERVATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• ULTRACONSERVATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective ULTRACONSERVATIVE has 1 sense:

1. extremely conservative

  Familiarity information: ULTRACONSERVATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRACONSERVATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

extreme right-winger; reactionary; ultraconservative

Hypernyms ("ultraconservative" is a kind of...):

conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ultraconservative"):

Bourbon (a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South))

Blimp; Colonel Blimp (any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low))

Derivation:

ultraconservative (extremely conservative)

• ULTRACONSERVATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extremely conservative

Similar:

conservative (resistant to change, particularly in relation to politics or religion)

Derivation:

ultraconservative (an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism)