neo-conservatism

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

Other Word Forms

• neo-conservative adjective

Example Sentences

On the home front, no one is using the L-word, but some demographically definable segments of Orange County are drifting toward neo-conservatism, a more libertarian tolerance of abortion and homosexuality.

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“He exudes such an aura of insincerity, you have the distinct feeling that if neo-conservatism were still in fashion he’d eagerly out-Cheney Liz Cheney.”

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Arriving in 2004, when US president George W Bush was becoming almost as much of a concern as Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden, Adam Curtis’s startling documentary series explored the shockingly congruent aims of fundamentalist Islam and American neo-conservatism.

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

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They remain fiercely committed to the mantra of neo-Conservatism and the belief that any Republican candidate is superior to a Democrat.

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