paleoconservative

English

Alternative forms

• palaeoconservative

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.

Noun

paleoconservative (plural paleoconservatives)

1. (US, politics) A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, embracing states' rights and social structures perceived to be traditional
   • 1979 February 13, “The Neocons”:

     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.

   • 1992 Robert Hughes, The Fraying of America, “Time”:

     If they are fraying now, it is at least in part due to the prevalence of demagogues who wish to claim that there is only one path to virtuous American-ness: paleoconservatives like Jesse Helms and Pat Robertson who think this country has one single ethic, […] .

   • 1999, Joseph Scotchie, The Paleoconservatives, page 11:

     As noted earlier, immigration was the issue that sent the open border Right on a search-and-destroy mission against paleoconservatives.

Translations

person espousing paleoconservatism

• German: Paleokonservative (de) m

• Korean: 고보수주의자 (ko) (gobosujuuija)

Adjective

paleoconservative (comparative more paleoconservative, superlative most paleoconservative)

1. (US, politics) Holding views associated with paleoconservatism, including opposition to the federal government and social change

Translations

holding the views associated with paleoconservatism

• German: paleokonservativ (de)

• Korean: 고보수주의적 (ko) (gobosujuuijeok)

Derived terms

• paleocon
• paleoconservatism

Related terms

• neoconservative
• theoconservative

See also

• Paleoconservatism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Paleoconservatism