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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A neoconservative.

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  • noun US a neoconservative

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  • noun a conservative who subscribes to neoconservatism

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Examples

  • I had never heard the term neocon and I had never heard of such people as Condi, Rummy, Dick, John Ashcroft, et al.

    Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan 2006

  • You know that neocon is code for Joooooow don†™ t you?

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 11, 2006 2006

  • The association of gambling with the term neocon and observation of McCain's growing synchronicity with Bush positions is generally enough to convince an inquirer.

    Stephen C. Rose: John McCain's Gambling Comes Home To Roost 2008

  • You know that neocon is code for Joooooow don†™ t you?

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 11, 2006 2006

  • The flagrant use of the term neocon - stripped of its meaning to become a smear against anyone who expressed support for military intervention in

    TPMCafe 2010

  • The flagrant use of the term neocon - stripped of its meaning to become a smear against anyone who expressed support for military intervention in

    TPMCafe 2010

  • My definition of a neocon is the extreme right fringe who are unattractive patriarchal WASP megalomaniacs that were bullied in grade school, so they now try to fight everyone with someone else†™ s blood, sweat and tears.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 11, 2006 2006

  • 1. Mmm, it doesn't help that the most flagrant American user of the term neocon is Pat Buchanan, who DOES use it in a crypto-racist way.

    Anti-Semitism, on the Right, 15 yards, first down 2005

  • Critics of neoconservatism and the Bush foreign policy are fascist because "neocon" is code for Jewish, pro-Israel intellectuals.

    The Partial Observer 2010

  • You know that neocon is code for Joooooow don’t you?

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 11, 2006 2006

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