Conservative Dictionary Project (C)
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- Campaign finance reform
- True conservative meaning - A method to curtail the free speech of corporations.
- False liberal redefinition - A way of limiting the valid effect of money on politics.
- capitalism
- Date: 1850-1855
- True conservative meaning - the best economic system known to man; involves the free market, private ownership and personal responsibility
- False liberal redefinition - greedy system where the rich flourish
- censorship
- True conservative meaning - Banning certain information based on ideology, a liberal tactic.
- False liberal redefinition - A method of not offending people.
- centrist
- True conservative meaning - a word misleadingly used to describe a liberal who may not support every single aspect of the liberal philosophy
- False liberal redefinition - someone whose personal politics falls in between conservative and liberal
- chair
- Date: 13th century
- True conservative meaning - a seat for a human being to sit in
- charity
- Date: 13th century
- True conservative meaning - voluntarily helping out others
- False liberal redefinition - forcibly helping the less fortunate through oppressive taxes
- claptrap
- Date: 1799
- True Conservative meaning - liberal nonsense
- class
- Date: 1850-1855
- True conservative meaning - A method of grouping society into sets based on employment.
- False liberal redefinition - Different groups within society who are in opposition to one another. See Class warefare.
- clueless
- Date: 1743
- True conservative meaning - not having any clue; ignorant
- communism
- Date: 1840
- True conservative meaning - a liberal and atheistic system based on state ownership of the economy and murder
- False liberal redefinition - democracy
- community
- Date: 14th century
- True conservative meaning - a group of people; society
- False liberal redefinition - the government
- conservative
- Date: 14th century
- True conservative meaning - a good person who believes in personal responsibility, free markets and good Christian values.
- False liberal redefinition - an evil person
- cow
- Date: 12th century
- True conservative meaning - a large domesticated bovine
- creationism
- True conservative meaning - The correct scientific position, that God created the universe and humanity in six days.
- False liberal redefinition - A foolish ideology.
- cyber-terrorism
- True conservative meaning - Attacking a website with an ideology you disprove of. Frequently used by liberals.
- False liberal redefinition - Harmless fun.