neoconservatism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- neoconservative noun
Etymology
Origin of neoconservatism
First recorded in 1960–65; neo- + conservatism
Vocabulary lists containing neoconservatism
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Example Sentences
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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
Guest: David Klion, columnist for The Nation and contributing editor to Jewish Currents; author of a forthcoming book on neoconservatism.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025
Along with her husband and other New York-based intellectuals — including editor and essayist Irving Kristol and his wife, historian Gertrude Himmelfarb — Mrs. Decter was considered one of the founders of neoconservatism.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2022
Mr. Kristol, through his writing and editing of journals like Commentary and Encounter, helped forge what came to be called neoconservatism, an intellectual movement begun by disillusioned liberals.
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2019
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