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| NOUN: | One who strongly favors retention of the existing order: orthodox, rightist, right-winger, Tory, traditionalist. See KEEP. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Kept within sensible limits: discreet, moderate, reasonable, restrained, temperate. See PLAIN, RESTRAINT. 2. Strongly favoring retention of the existing order: orthodox, right, rightist, right-wing, Tory, traditionalist, traditionalistic. See KEEP. 3. Able to preserve: preservative, protective. See HELP. 4. Clinging to obsolete ideas: backward, reactionary, unprogressive. See POLITICS.
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