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The Republican Party, for decades, was held together by a three-legged stool of fiscal conservatism, cultural conservatism and a hawkish foreign policy.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2026 -
Five years later, Smith is in danger of being outpaced by a class of pastors and professional Christians who wear their conservatism less awkwardly and are unrepentant, primed for culture war.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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But this is a different animal, with implications for the traditionalism that has long been part of baseball’s lasting appeal.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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These types favor gleaming Roman columns, tacky gilding, and oversized everything, meant to imply domination, hierarchy, and regressive traditionalism.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Neoconservatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neoconservatism. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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