neoconservative

[ nee-oh-kuhn-sur-vuh-tiv ]

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.

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neoconservative¹

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

Example Sentences

“We saw connections in neoconservative think tanks as well as the Bahai faith,” Hultquist said of his research.

From The Daily Beast

Take Mark Dubowitz, an official with the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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In an instant, the distinction between neoconservative and plain old conservative foreign policy shrank.

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Jeremy Scahill is a proud member of what the late neoconservative icon Jeane Kirkpatrick dubbed “the blame-America-first crowd.”

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But after he did, it stopped being distinctively neoconservative.

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