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Recent Examples of neoconservatism
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.
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Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
The Republican Party embraced neoconservatism; Buchanan and his cohort were the stewards of an ideology for cranks.
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Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Indeed, Trump’s foreign policy has often been less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a mutation of it.
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Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2026
And so that’s really the roots of neoconservatism.
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David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neoconservatism
Noun
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The overall design philosophy was one of deliberate conservatism; at every methodological decision point, the team chose the more cautious estimate, ensuring that the final numbers would be credible and defensible rather than optimistic.
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Lynn told me that Colson shared his father’s moodiness, if not his stifling conservatism.
Noun
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The alpine traditionalism on display at Heididorf notwithstanding, Switzerland is among the most cosmopolitan nations in Europe.
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It’s rooted in traditionalism and an us-versus-them mindset, in which people who look like me, and even certain Cardinals players, wonder if we’d be considered them.
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“Neoconservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservatism. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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