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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.
—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
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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Defectors from the ‘New Right’ say that sexism is a feature, not a bug of modern-day conservatism.—
Brittany Luse,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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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
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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
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Ash never endorsed the Equal Rights Amendment, and her appeals to sisterhood were carefully leavened with traditionalism.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Neoconservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservatism. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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