neo-conservatism

British  

noun

1. (in the US) a right-wing tendency that originated amongst supporters of the political left and has become characterized by its support of hawkish foreign policies

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Other Word Forms

• neo-conservative adjective

Example Sentences

Backed initially by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, which sold the magazine to Clarity Media in 2009, it became the bible of neo-conservatism.

From The Guardian

His documentaries, including “The Century of the Self,” about how psychoanalysis merged with consumerism, and “The Power of Nightmares,” a look at neo-conservatism and radical Islam, are juxtapositions of images that enthrall, anger and occasionally make you laugh at the spooky ridiculousness of the world.

From Los Angeles Times

Have Republicans rejected or embraced the establishment’s neo-conservatism?

From The New Yorker

Ironically, neo-conservatism shared one striking similarity with postwar American realism.

From Salon

Their 2006 show Particularly in the Heartland looked at neo-conservatism through the lens of The Wizard of Oz; Architecting, two years later, contemplated the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina via Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone With the Wind.

From The Guardian