Toryism

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Noun
  • Kirk had built a reputation as an activist in part by showing up on college campuses to sell conservatism to NPR-loving liberals.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The exhibition pairs their work together, showing the value of shocking style in a moment of conservatism.
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 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
Noun
  • Ash never endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment, and her appeals to sisterhood were carefully leavened with traditionalism.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The music, the imagery, this focus on traditionalism.
    Katie Drummond, Wired News, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Toryism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Toryism. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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