- neoconservative
- noun Date: 1952 a former liberal espousing political conservatism • neoconservatism noun • neoconservative adjective
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neoconservative — ☆ neoconservative [nē΄ōkən sʉr′və tiv ] adj. designating or of an intellectual, political movement that evolved in the late 1970s in reaction to liberal and leftist thought, advocating INDIVIDUALISM (senses 3 & 4), traditional moral standards,… … Universalium
neoconservative — ☆ neoconservative [nē΄ōkən sʉr′və tiv ] adj. designating or of an intellectual, political movement that evolved in the late 1970s in reaction to liberal and leftist thought, advocating INDIVIDUALISM (senses 3 & 4), traditional moral standards,… … English World dictionary
neoconservative — UK [ˌniːəʊkənˈsɜː(r)vətɪv] / US [ˌnɪoʊkənˈsɜrvətɪv] adjective relating to, or expressing, conservative views of the type that existed before the liberal times of the 1960s and 1970s the party s neoconservative agenda Derived word: neoconservative … English dictionary
neoconservative — adjective relating to or denoting an approach to politics, economics, etc. which represents a return to a traditional conservative viewpoint. noun a neoconservative person. Derivatives neoconservatism noun … English new terms dictionary
Neoconservative postmodernism — In music, neoconservative postmodernism is a sort of postmodernism of reaction , [1] which values, textual unity and organicism as totalizing musical structures, like, latter day modernists, [2] and includes composers such as Fred Lerdahl, John… … Wikipedia
neoconservative — noun A supporter of neoconservatism … Wiktionary
neoconservative — neo·conservative … English syllables
neoconservative — noun a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism • Syn: ↑neocon • Hypernyms: ↑conservative, ↑conservativist … Useful english dictionary
War on Terror — ➡ neoconservative * * * … Universalium
neoconservatism — neoconservative, n., adj. /nee oh keuhn serr veuh tiz euhm/, n. moderate political conservatism espoused or advocated by former liberals or socialists. [1960 65; NEO + CONSERVATISM] * * * ▪ political philosophy Introduction variant of the… … Universalium
