ULTRACONSERVATIVE Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

ultraconservative

adjective

ˌəl-trə-kən-ˈsər-və-tiv

Definition of ultraconservative

as in conservative

tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions under the leadership of its ultraconservative musical director, the symphony orchestra almost never played modern pieces

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Recent Examples of ultraconservative The Baxley resident ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2022 on an ultraconservative platform. — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 24 Apr. 2026 López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru. — Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 The previous year, the Islamic Revolution had deposed Iran’s Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and installed the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and an ultraconservative Shiite theocracy. — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026 Defense Department social media posts often amplify ultraconservative Christian views, The Hill noted in a Sunday story. — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 30 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ultraconservative

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Davis’s letter follows a separate ethics complaint filed by a conservative watchdog group to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over Slotkin’s University of Chicago remarks, first reported by the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
The American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative group of state legislators and private-sector members, cast it as part of a growing bipartisan movement and urged the remaining states to follow.

— Lara Murray-Sterzel, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

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Earlier this month, Mastercard and BVNK launched Global Money Platform, designed to help banks, fintechs and businesses manage payments involving traditional currencies and stablecoins through a single application programming interface.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
But Rodrigues believes technology can augment traditional teaching methods by examining how a student solves an algebra problem or structures a piece of writing and identifying learning gaps.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

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