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neoconservative
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ne·o·con·ser·va·tism also ne·o-con·ser·va·tism  (n-kn-sûrv-tzm)
n.
An intellectual and political movement in favor of political, economic, and social conservatism that arose in opposition to the perceived liberalism of the 1960s: "The neo-conservatism of the 1980s is a replay of the New Conservatism of the 1950s, which was itself a replay of the New Era philosophy of the 1920s" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
neo·con·serva·tive adj. & n.
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Noun1.neoconservative - a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism
neocon
conservative, conservativist - a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
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