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neoconservative

ne·o·con·ser·va·tive [ n ō kən súrvətiv ] (plural ne·o·con·ser·va·tives)

noun

Definition:

supporter of return to conservative values: somebody who, during the mid-1980s, began to support conservatism in society, and in politics in particular, as a reaction to the social freedoms sought throughout the 1960s and early 1970s

ne·o·con·ser·va·tive adjective

ne·o·con·ser·va·tism noun