neoconservatism

noun

as in conservatism

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Recent Examples of neoconservatism And so that’s really the roots of neoconservatism. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026 Indeed, Trump’s foreign policy has often been less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a mutation of it. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026 The Republican Party embraced neoconservatism; Buchanan and his cohort were the stewards of an ideology for cranks. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026 Not a Klansman from the era of lynching, but far from a typical conservative of the nineties and aughts, Peter effectively shifted Republicans away from neoconservatism and toward nativism. — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
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  1. conservatism
  2. traditionalism
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  • The overall design philosophy was one of deliberate conservatism; at every methodological decision point, the team chose the more cautious estimate, ensuring that the final numbers would be credible and defensible rather than optimistic.
    — Nino Letteriello, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Lynn told me that Colson shared his father’s moodiness, if not his stifling conservatism.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of conservatism
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  • The alpine traditionalism on display at Heididorf notwithstanding, Switzerland is among the most cosmopolitan nations in Europe.
    — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • It’s rooted in traditionalism and an us-versus-them mindset, in which people who look like me, and even certain Cardinals players, wonder if we’d be considered them.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 2 June 2026
Definition of traditionalism

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