Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Highly conservative, especially in political viewpoint.
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- adjective US Extremely
conservative - noun US A person who is extremely politically
conservative ; asuperconservative ; aradical rightwinger
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Examples
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Unlike the current "archconservative" justices, who aggressively use their power to interpret the Constitution to protect corporations, wealthy corporate donors, and gun owners, "liberal" justices have traditional protected the rights of minorities and dissenters.
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Mehdi Gomar was Ahmadinejad’s young neighbor with wraparound shades who looked like a reformist, who in the flush of the vote had called his archconservative candidate a “wonderful person,” who told me the rumors of a social crackdown were all “lies.”
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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A monarchist-archconservative Bismarck invented social insurances in the late 19th century and conservatives developed the the social market economy.
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Colbert appeared before the committee on Friday in his trademark unaware, archconservative character to discuss his 10-hour volunteer work as a migrant farm worker.
Steny Hoyer: Stephen Colbert's Testimony To Congress Was 'An Embarrassment For Mr. Colbert' Sam Stein 2010
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Colbert appeared before the committee on Friday in his trademark unaware, archconservative character to discuss his 10-hour volunteer work as a migrant farm worker.
Steny Hoyer: Stephen Colbert's Testimony To Congress Was 'An Embarrassment For Mr. Colbert' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Colbert appeared before the committee on Friday in his trademark unaware, archconservative character to discuss his 10-hour volunteer work as a migrant farm worker.
Steny Hoyer: Stephen Colbert's Testimony To Congress Was 'An Embarrassment For Mr. Colbert' Sam Stein 2010
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He was nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1987 but the Senate rejected his nomination after a contentious debate that focused on Bork's archconservative legal views.
Adam Winkler: Romney's Bork Barrel Politics Adam Winkler 2011
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Colbert appeared before the committee on Friday in his trademark unaware, archconservative character to discuss his 10-hour volunteer work as a migrant farm worker.
Steny Hoyer: Stephen Colbert's Testimony To Congress Was 'An Embarrassment For Mr. Colbert' The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Indeed, when the break with Spain did materialize in 1821, it came through the agency of an archconservative royalist army officer, Agustin de Iturbide, who brought together his fellow hombres de bien with remnants of the Hidalgo rebellion in support of a new nation based upon three general ideals they could all embrace.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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Indeed, when the break with Spain did materialize in 1821, it came through the agency of an archconservative royalist army officer, Agustin de Iturbide, who brought together his fellow hombres de bien with remnants of the Hidalgo rebellion in support of a new nation based upon three general ideals they could all embrace.
A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009
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