NEOCONSERVATIVE Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of neoconservative

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Adjective

Those twenty-five years or so were the apex of Washington Consensus conservatism, of neoconservative interventions abroad and neoliberal economic policy at home. — Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026 Bannon has used the term globalists to refer to Silicon Valley elites, media executives, neoconservative foreign-policy hawks, proponents of lightly regulated global markets, and Jared Kushner. — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026

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Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026 Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy. — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for neoconservative

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Since then, McCarthy has had to tread somewhat lightly between the ultraright caucus and the rest of his party.

— Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
Because Jesuits often sided with El Salvador’s poor and some kept records of human rights violations, they were hated by the country’s ultraright.

— New York Times, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2021

Definition of ultraright

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At the same time, the recent, deadly brutality of the agency and its partners has led, according to some polls, to strong support for such a policy; those espousing the slogan have included Bill Kristol, the neocon anti-Trump writer.

— Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
This faith caused the neocons to recoil in from the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Definition of neocon

Adjective

Some of them were put off by élite football’s deliberate lack of culture—staunch apoliticism is easy to sell to Sky Sports—and others had been priced out.

— Vanda Mayer, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026
Lithuania has been one of Ukraine's staunchest allies during Russian President Vladimir Putin's more than 4½-year conflict with Kyiv, providing extensive military equipment and financial support.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of staunch

Adjective

Thus, Mastodon have opened up a random draw process via their Loma Vista artist storefront to ensure loyal fans have a fair chance to purchase the wax.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Unease between loyal staff and well-heeled employers that casts a harsh light on the class divide?

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of loyal

Adjective

Throughout the year, true-blue cineastes of all ages venture here to enlighten and expand their global movie knowledge.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026
Flair shared a photo and one true-blue Chiefs fan shared that Kelce celebration from more than a decade ago.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of true-blue

Adjective

Managing Scarcity For Pavlovsky, the main challenge now is to keep his faithful customers happy.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
By automating tasks that once required human discretion, rulers can replace unreliable intermediaries with faithful algorithms that cannot be bribed or manipulated.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of faithful

Adjective

The groups similarly present themselves as armed community defenders against the government or right-wing extremists, but continue to find members who get in trouble with law enforcement.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
The right-wing parties have repeatedly called on the government to send in police to break up the camp-in in Puerta del Sol.

— Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of right-wing

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