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paleoconservatives

paleoconservatives is the plural 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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Questions about paleoconservatives

What is paleoconservatives the plural of?
Paleoconservatives is the plural of paleoconservative.

Words near paleoconservatives in the dictionary

  1. paleoconnection
  2. paleoconnections
  3. paleocons
  4. paleoconservatism
  5. paleoconservative
  6. paleoconservatives
  7. paleocontact
  8. paleocontinent
  9. paleocontinental
  10. paleocontinents
  11. paleocoordinate

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