[Olog-hai]

“Preserving the status quo” is not a definition of “conservative”. It does not even appear in the Dictionary.com definition; read it again.

Other definitions of “conservative” (i.e. other dictionaries) do not define it as “preserving the status quo” either, because to do so makes communism “conservative” after a fashion. Since that cannot be, then neither statism nor corruption are conservative, since neither can ever be moderate (a core definition of “conservative”).

[OneWingedShark]

“Preserving the status quo” is not a definition of “conservative”. It does not even appear in the Dictionary.com definition; read it again.

Other definitions of “conservative” (i.e. other dictionaries) do not define it as “preserving the status quo” either, because to do so makes communism “conservative” after a fashion. Since that cannot be, then neither statism nor corruption are conservative, since neither can ever be moderate (a core definition of “conservative”).

What about the word 'preservative' do you not understand? And just because I say "preserving the status quo" doesn't mean that's contrary to "disposed to preserve existing conditions." Or, since you are the one making the claim that these are actually different, please give an example.