Toryism

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Noun
  • Defectors from the ‘New Right’ say that sexism is a feature, not a bug of modern-day conservatism.
    Brittany Luse, NPR, 19 May 2026
  • The conservatism that would eventually hobble the daytime soap had its roots in this era, when soap viewers with especially fragile sensibilities had specific conceptions of what topics a soap should cover and made no bones about airing their protests.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 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
  • Cycling can be guilty of prioritising traditionalism above all else — and there were individuals in the sport who dismissed them as YouTubers messing around, racing against genuine riders fighting to make a living.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Ash never endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment, and her appeals to sisterhood were carefully leavened with traditionalism.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Toryism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Toryism. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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