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Recent Examples of neoconservatism
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.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
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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McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bring back real conservatism like limited government, fiscal responsibility, rule of law and constitutional originalism, and judicial independence.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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The music, the imagery, this focus on traditionalism.—
Katie Drummond,
Wired News,
3 Feb. 2026
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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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“Neoconservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservatism. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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