neoconservatism
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of neoconservatism
First recorded in 1960–65; neo- + conservatism
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Most presidential administrations have claimed to operate according to a foreign policy doctrine of some kind: for instance, neoconservatism, liberal internationalism, isolationism, or realpolitik.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
Podhoretz and his friend Irving Kristol—also a Brooklyn Jew and a former leftist—were the two foremost exponents of neoconservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
Professor Kagan was later associated with neoconservatism, though he objected to both the label and the affiliation.
From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2021
Many figures of the old left took other paths, toward neoconservatism and staunch anticommunism or toward bitterness and despair, but he emerged as a liberal optimist.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2019
Thus, this great British parliamentarian was the founder of the school of thought known today as neoconservatism.
From Slate • Apr. 7, 2017
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