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paleoconservative

noun

Etymology

From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.

  1. derived from cōnservō — “to preserve”
  2. borrowed from conservatif
  3. prefixed as paleoconservative — “paleo + conservative”

Definitions

  1. A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration,…

    A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.

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

  2. 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.
    • In 2013, for instance, Pat Buchanan, a leading voice on the “paleoconservative” traditionalist right, described Putin as “one of us,” an ally in what he saw as the defining struggle of our era,[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA