paleoconservative

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paleoconservative

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From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.

noun paleoconservatives · palaeoconservative

  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.

adjective more paleoconservative · most paleoconservative · palaeoconservative

  1. US Holding views associated with paleoconservatism. The first of Bannon's ten documentary film pamphlets, In the Face of Evil (2014), still followed a rather classic neoconservative narrative, albeit with a paleoconservative touch.

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noun person espousing paleoconservatism

한국어고보수주의자 gobosujuuija
日本語旧保守 kyūhoshu
DeutschPaleokonservative

adj holding the views associated with paleoconservatism

한국어고보수주의적 gobosujuuijeok
日本語旧保守 kyūhoshu
Deutschpaleokonservativ

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@misc{paleoconservative_2026,
  title = {paleoconservative},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paleoconservative},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}