palaeoconpaleoconn.
/ˈpalɪə(ʊ)kɒn/, /ˈpeɪlɪə(ʊ)kɒn/, U.S. /ˈpeɪlioʊˌkɑn/ U.S. Politics.
= palaeo-conservative n. Opposed to neo-con n.
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1989 Newsweek 17 Apr. 25 The Old Right 1960s-70s. Barry Goldwater, PaleoCon. He is to conservativism what Elvis is to rock and roll: he repackaged the raw goods for a mass audience.
1993 R. Limbaugh See, I told you So xxvii. 349 We need to bring together the neo-cons, the paleo-cons, the religious right, the plain conservatives, and even the moderate Republicans.
2001 New Republic (Electronic ed.) 17 Dec. None of this was ever true—at least to the degree that some paleocons portrayed it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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