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neoconservatism
also ne·o-con·ser·va·tism (nēˌō-kən-sûrˈvə-tĭzˌəm)
noun 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.)
Related Forms:
- neˌo·con·serˈva·tive adjective & n.