Toryism

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Noun
  • Conservative congregations are different from conservatism in the political sense, Honig explained, but the terms are often conflated.
    Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • During reelection campaigns, Graham tends to emphasize his conservatism.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • And so that’s really the roots of neoconservatism.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The music, the imagery, this focus on traditionalism.
    Katie Drummond, Wired News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • This was part of the appeal of his candidacy, a return to traditionalism after the Clintonian chaos (Bush’s born-again Christianity promised the same).
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
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