archconservatism

noun

Hard-line conservatism

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounarchconservatism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentHard-line conservatism

    And since Brenton seems to want these characters to reflect life under Margaret Thatcher's archconservatism, his political analysis ends up as broad and oversimplified as the emotional palette he uses.

    1994 January 21, Justin Hayford, “Greenland”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

Translations

Portuguese arquiconservadorismo
  • arquiconservadorismohard-line conservatism
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APA

archconservatism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archconservatism

MLA

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Chicago

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