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neoconservative Definition

☆ neo·con·ser·va·tive (-kən sʉr′və tiv)

adjective

designating or of an intellectual, political movement that evolved in the late 1970s in reaction to liberal and leftist thought, advocating individualism (senses & ), traditional moral standards, anti-Communist foreign policy, etc.

noun

a neoconservative person

neoconservative Related Forms

ne′·o·con·ser′·va·tism′ noun

neoconservative Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • allow: But if we allow the neoconservatives to morph our war on al-Qaeda into Israel's war for Palestine, our war will never end.
  • give: And this nightmarish vision was beginning to give the neoconservatives great power and influence.

Adjective modifier

  • American: At the heart of the story are two groups: the American neoconservatives, and the radical Islamists.
  • leading: One leading neoconservative, William Bennett, wrote a book called The Death of Outrage, which blamed the people.

Modifies a noun

  • movement: VO: Since then, Brock has turned against the neoconservative movement.
  • agenda: Throughout the questioning, the audience became increasingly hostile and combative toward his neoconservative agenda.
  • moment: Indeed, on putting down Perle's new book the thought recurs: the neoconservative moment may be over.
  • policy: The fallout from the failure of neoconservative policy in Iraq can already be felt.
  • guru: Described by The Jerusalem Post as " Washington's neoconservative guru, " Ledeen grew up in California during the 1940s.
  • doctrine: A second consequence is that the idea of a rules-based international order has been supplanted by a neoconservative doctrine of power politics.