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neoconservatism

[ nee-oh-kuhn-sur-vuh-tiz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a faction of the conservative political movement that heavily supports the promotion of democracy abroad through military intervention.


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Origin of neoconservatism1

First recorded in 1960–65; neo- + conservatism
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"Neocons" refers to neoconservatism, a movement within American conservative thought that tends to advocate for intervention in foreign conflicts.

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Exploring Himmelfarb's peculiar trajectory might have enabled Moyn to turn his claim that Cold War liberalism gave rise to neoconservatism into a compelling and original argument — a road not taken.

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But unlike a case such as “neoconservatism,” where a critical term was then accepted by the movement it described, our climate of ideological enmity makes settled nomenclature difficult.

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“There is a resurgence of neoconservatism against the backdrop of Ukraine. The danger is that it splits Europe rather than uniting it.”

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“Put those feelings and ideas all together, and they amounted to what would one day come to be called neoconservatism.”

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