Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to mutual intercourse; social: opposed to contemplative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to
contemplative .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective dated Relating to
conversation with others;social .
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Examples
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Pre-earthquake Haiti had "small government" -- the neocon and so-called "conversative" political factions in the USA and their dupes prescribe "small government" which provides no regulation, and little in the way of central monitoring and control except for enforcing sectarian-based intrusion and exercising sovereignty over citizen's personal lives, including decisions about reproduction, pregnancy, and supposedly private consensual activities....
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Plus with a successful Obama first term, more states turning blue - perhaps these guys should scrap the whole hypocritical "conversative" view and start from scratch.
The Caucus 2008
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Plus with a successful Obama first term, more states turning blue - perhaps these guys should scrap the whole hypocritical "conversative" view and start from scratch.
The Caucus 2008
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So let me get it straight: good conversative legal minds and leaders are great assests, wonderfully people — maybe they belong on the USSC — but they also defend their own at every turn, an ugliness we observe whenever they break ranks with libertarians busy attacking some leftist lawyer.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation 2010
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As a conservative, I regret that someone as clearly lightweight as she is has become a leading conversative figure.
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Given the relative closeness of the first PREB vote (there were many on-the-record dissenters), as well as the influx of conversative appointees since then, it is very doubtful PREB will be granted (or cert. later granted).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Upholds “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, 2010
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Well, because, moderate Republicans would be challenged by conservatives, or right-wingers, supported by out-of-state money from conversative political action committees, NRA, Moral Majority, etc.
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This Star Trek character is a true conversative; indeed, he embodies the conversative ideal.
Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Standing Athwart History 2009
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If you look at Blue Dog rhetoric when they are running they talk a conversative game on guns, gays, and abortion.
Matthew Yglesias » Centrist Dems Loving Opportunity to Block EFCA, Pretending to Be Upset 2009
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The Daily Caller launches, Carlson's conversative answer, he says, to the Huffington Post.
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