Meanings
adjective
- USExtremely politically conservative.
nounarchconservative (plural archconservatives)
plural archconservatives
- USgovernmentA person who is extremely politically conservative; a superconservative; a radical rightwinger
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
- Latinarchi-
- Old Englisharċe-
- Middle Englisharch-
- Englisharch-
- Englishconservative
- Englisharchconservative
From arch- + conservative.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German erzkonservativ
- erzkonservativextremely conservative
Polish skrajnie konserwatywny, skrajny konserwatysta
- skrajnie konserwatywnyextremely conservative
- skrajny konserwatystaa person who is extremely politically conservative
- skrajna konserwatystkaa person who is extremely politically conservative
Portuguese arquiconservador, arquiconservador
- arquiconservadorextremely conservative
- arquiconservadora person who is extremely politically conservative
Russian архиконсервати́вный
- архиконсервати́вный (arxikonservatívnyj)extremely conservative
Swedish ärkekonservativ
- ärkekonservativextremely conservative
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APA
archconservative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archconservative
MLA
“archconservative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archconservative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archconservative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archconservative.
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