ultraconservative
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- ultraconservatism noun
Etymology
Origin of ultraconservative
Example Sentences
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The country has undergone tremendous change in the past decade, as reforms have helped create a burgeoning private sector, loosened ultraconservative social strictures and tackled rampant corruption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Kast, the ultraconservative candidate and father of nine who first ran for president in 2017 and was runner-up in 2021, assured the crowd.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
"It's not being looked at as a crazy thing," Zug said of some ultraconservative state lawmakers' approach to the legislation.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025
“I grew up with these people and they’re attacking me,” Robert Granger, the precinct chair, said of the ultraconservative wing of the party.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
Without being ultraconservative like Aunt Euphemia, she was the sort of girl whom one might reckon on doing the sensible—perhaps the obvious—thing in almost any emergency.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.
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