standpat

adjective

ˈstan(d)-ˈpat How to pronounce standpat (audio)
Definition of standpatnext
as in conservative
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions the standpat chefs were having none of this low-calorie stuff that the food police were pushing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standpat
  1. conservative
  2. traditional
  3. orthodox
  4. loyal
  5. reactionary
Adjective
  • The Supreme Court's conservative majority has historically been highly deferential to the government's position on matters of national security, but the justices are also likely to be cautious about a precedent-setting decision that could silence a wildly popular communication tool.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On Wednesday afternoon, ABC News first reported that Trump spoke with conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito one day before the president-elect asked the court for the immediate stay.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of conservative
Adjective
  • Consider these: • Could faceless YouTube creators become the next wave of entrepreneurs, bypassing traditional dropshipping and SEO for video-first engagement?
    Dan Gardner, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • This will change the landscape of sports consumption and cause consternation for the traditional linear powers given its financial might.
    Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of traditional
Adjective
  • Funnels and Pinch Points Funnels and pinch-points are among the most orthodox stand locations during the rut.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Harris emphasized distributional conflict at a time when few orthodox economists were doing so.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of orthodox
Adjective
  • The trackpad won out long ago, but Lenovo kept the TrackPoint around for its loyal fans.
    Allison Johnson, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The stress of being a loyal husband and father while toiling tirelessly at Spacely Space Sprockets – headed by a domineering man with a Napoleon complex – seems to float away as the zooming saucer-like aero cars with large bubble roofs leave behind popcorn-like residue from fuel pellets and radium.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of loyal
Adjective
  • Cutting a long story short, a vocal minority of reactionary gamers is perturbed that a sci-fi video game features a Black samurai protagonist, despite the game’s hokey premise centering on the genetic recording of memories written to computer software.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And the rise of reactionary populism—not just in North America and Europe but also in India and in parts of Latin America—has shattered the ideological dominance that liberalism enjoyed for two decades after the end of the Cold War.
    Alexander Cooley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of reactionary
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