neoconservatism

1. 1.

   an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)

   Broaderconservatism

Other forms of neoconservatism

plural

neoconservatisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about neoconservatism

What does neoconservatism mean?

neoconservatism means "an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)".

How many syllables are in neoconservatism?

neoconservatism has 6 syllables: ne-o-con-ser-va-tism. The stress falls on "ser".

Is neoconservatism a common word?

neoconservatism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.