neoconservative
adjEtymology From neo- + conservative.
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US Of or relating to neoconservatism.
- There have been suggestions by a number of American neoconservative hawks to denuke Iran with “swift, massive, devastating force that decapitates the regime.2014, Jahangir Amuzegar, The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy:
- And the liberal blogosphere has long labeled Clinton part of the neoconservative wing, a conservative intellectual movement that supports an interventionist foreign policy.2016 August 31, Tal Kopan, “Will Hillary Clinton’s GOP outreach alienate progressives?”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- neocon, neoconservatively, Ziocon
- Related terms
- New Right