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paleo

paleo is the clipping of paleodiet.

paleo is the clipping of paleoconservative.

Meaning of paleoconservative

Noun

paleoconservative (plural paleoconservatives)

  1. (US) A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.
    • In fact, the neoconservative Moynihan running in New York against the paleoconservative James Buckley was able to position himself as the proper heir to a New Deal liberal tradition that Moynihan had been vigorously criticizing for almost a decade.1979 February 13, “The Neocons”, in Esquire

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Noun capitalized: Paleo

Paleo (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, clipping, informal) Clipping of Paleo diet.

Forms of paleo

pluralpaleos

Origin of paleo

Shortening.

Words formed from paleo

Phrases with paleo

Questions about paleo

What is paleo the clipping of?
Paleo is the clipping of paleodiet.
What part of speech is paleo?
Paleo is a noun.
What is the plural of paleo?
The plural of paleo is paleos.

Words near paleo in the dictionary

  1. palenquin
  2. palenquins
  3. palens
  4. Palentine's Day
  5. palenzonaite
  6. paleo
  7. paleo diet
  8. Paleo diets
  9. Paleo Faliro
  10. Paleo Faliron
  11. paleo-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paleo (page history and authors); Paleo (page history and authors); paleoconservative (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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