neoconservative

American  

[nee-oh-kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv] / ˌni oʊ kənˈsɜr və tɪv /

adjective

1. being or relating to a faction of the conservative political movement that heavily supports the promotion of democracy abroad through military intervention.

   Neoconservative pundits have heavily supported the bill.

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noun

1. a person who is politically conservative and heavily supports the promotion of democracy abroad through military intervention.

   He's a longstanding neoconservative whose political columns have been highly influential.

Etymology

Origin of neoconservative

First recorded in 1880–85; neo- ( def. ) + conservative ( def. )

Example Sentences

He later served as vice chairman for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based neoconservative think tank.

From Los Angeles Times

Brooks agreed with me about that much, even though he was writing for the neoconservative Weekly Standard magazine and I for the democratic-socialist magazine Dissent.

From Salon

I think of Jeane Kirkpatrick, a Democratic foreign policy expert who drifted into the right wing with those other Democratic apostates known as the neoconservatives.

From Salon

He was a neoconservative with no time for Matisse or Picasso, and certainly no interest in the coming of abstraction.

From New York Times

When Mr. Bush became president two years later, he filled out his administration with neoconservative luminaries who had led that charge.

From New York Times