paleoconservative
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of paleoconservative
First recorded in 1980–85; paleo- ( def. ) + conservative ( def. )
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Buchanan left the GOP in 1999 ready to take his paleoconservative, isolationist platform to the voters.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2023
We probably don’t need another, and I can’t think of anyone campaigning for public television to exhume the grandfather of paleoconservative debate series, dust it off and put it back on the air.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2019
George Will, the paleoconservative columnist of the Washington Post, is a big fan.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2013
A Green party activist who doubles as a columnist at the paleoconservative website LewRockwell.com, he has previously been known mainly for his antiwar activities.
From Forbes ● Oct. 16, 2012
And paleoconservative Senator Jesse Helms will torment the striped-pants set as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
From Time Magazine Archive
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