Neoconservative vs Paleoconservative - What's the difference?
neoconservative | paleoconservative | Related terms |
(US, politics) A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, embracing states' rights and social structures perceived to be traditional
* {{quote-news, 1979, February 13, , The Neocons, Esquire, url=
, passage=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.}}
* {{quote-news, 1992, Robert Hughes, The Fraying of America, Time
, passage=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,
* {{quote-book, 1999, Joseph Scotchie, The Paleoconservatives, page=11, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=hsWotNuNjq0C&pg=PA11
, passage=As noted earlier, immigration was the issue that sent the open border Right on a search-and-destroy mission against paleoconservatives .}}
(US, politics) Holding views associated with paleoconservatism, including opposition to the federal government and social change
Paleoconservative is a related term of neoconservative.
As nouns the difference between neoconservative and paleoconservative
is that neoconservative is a supporter of neoconservatism while paleoconservative is a political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, embracing states' rights and social structures perceived to be traditional.As an adjective paleoconservative is
holding views associated with paleoconservatism, including opposition to the federal government and social change.paleoconservative
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Alternative forms
* palaeoconservativeNoun
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