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neoconservative

neoconservative noun: a supporter of neoconservatism.

Noun

neoconservative (plural neoconservatives)

  1. (US) A supporter of neoconservatism.
    • The neoliberals stand today in somewhat the position neoconservatives occupied a decade ago. Their ambition is to attain the influence in liberal politics that the neoconservatives have attained in conservative politics.1984 May 15, Walter Goodman, “AS NEOLIBERALS SEARCH FOR CLOSEST FIT, HART IS OFTEN MENTIONED”, in The New York Times

Adjective

neoconservative (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of or relating to neoconservatism.
    • There have been suggestions by a number of American neoconservative hawks to denuke Iran with “swift, massive, devastating force that decapitates the regime.2014, Jahangir Amuzegar, The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy
    • And the liberal blogosphere has long labeled Clinton part of the neoconservative wing, a conservative intellectual movement that supports an interventionist foreign policy.2016 August 31, Tal Kopan, “Will Hillary Clinton’s GOP outreach alienate progressives?”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    neocon, neocoon

neoconservative meaning in Bengali

neoconservative in Bengali

নব্য রক্ষণশীল

Synonyms of neoconservative

Forms of neoconservative

pluralneoconservatives

Origin of neoconservative

From neo- + conservative.

Words formed from neoconservative

Questions about neoconservative

What does neoconservative mean?
Neoconservative means a supporter of neoconservatism.
What is neoconservative in Bengali?
Neoconservative in Bengali is নব্য রক্ষণশীল. See Neoconservative meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is neoconservative?
Neoconservative can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of neoconservative?
The plural of neoconservative is neoconservatives.

Words near neoconservative in the dictionary

  1. neoconjugate
  2. neoconjugates
  3. neocons
  4. neoconservatism
  5. neoconservatisms
  6. neoconservative
  7. neoconservatively
  8. neoconservatives
  9. neoconservativism
  10. neoconservativisms
  11. neoconvallatoxoloside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: neoconservative (page history and authors); neoconservative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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