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Noun: neoconservatism
  1. A political philosophy that emerged in the 1970s, advocating free-market economics, traditional social values, and interventionist foreign policy aimed at promoting democracy abroad
    "The rise of neoconservatism influenced foreign policy decisions in the early 2000s"

Derived forms: neoconservatisms

Type of: conservatism, conservativism

Encyclopedia: Neoconservatism