paleoconservative

paleoconservative

English

Alternative forms

• palaeoconservative

Etymology

From paleo- +‎ conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.

Noun

paleoconservative (plural paleoconservatives)

1. (US politics) A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.

   Coordinate term: neoconservative

   • 1979, February 13, The Neocons:

     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.

   • 1992, Robert Hughes, “Archived copy”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 3 January 2010, retrieved 10 January 2010:

     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, […] .

   • 1999, Joseph Scotchie, The Paleoconservatives, page 11:

     As noted earlier, immigration was the issue that sent the open border Right on a search-and-destroy mission against paleoconservatives.

Translations

person espousing paleoconservatism

German: Paleokonservative m Japanese: 旧保守 (きゅうほしゅ, kyūhoshu) Korean: 고보수주의자 (gobosujuuija)

Adjective

paleoconservative (comparative more paleoconservative, superlative most paleoconservative)

1. (US politics) Holding views associated with paleoconservatism.
   • 2019, Jonas Staal, Propaganda Art in the 21st Century, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 101:

     The first of Bannon's ten documentary film pamphlets, In the Face of Evil (2014), still followed a rather classic neoconservative narrative, albeit with a paleoconservative touch.

   • 2022 March 4, Thomas Zimmer, “America’s culture war is spilling into actual war-war”, in The Guardian‎:

     In 2013, for instance, Pat Buchanan, a leading voice on the “paleoconservative” traditionalist right, described Putin as “one of us,” an ally in what he saw as the defining struggle of our era, […]

Derived terms

• paleocon
• paleoconservatism

Related terms

• neoconservative
• theoconservative

Translations

holding the views associated with paleoconservatism

German: paleokonservativ Japanese: 旧保守 (きゅうほしゅ, kyūhoshu) Korean: 고보수주의적 (gobosujuuijeok)

Further reading

• Paleoconservatism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia