"neocon" meaning in English

See neocon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Clipping of neoconservative. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|neoconservative}} Clipping of neoconservative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} neocon (not comparable)
  1. (US) Neoconservative. Tags: US, not-comparable Categories (topical): Conservatism, Politics Derived forms: neocoon
    Sense id: en-neocon-en-adj-ecYHvqDG Disambiguation of Conservatism: 65 35 Disambiguation of Politics: 47 53 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: neo-con

Noun

Forms: neocons [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of neoconservative. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|neoconservative}} Clipping of neoconservative Head templates: {{en-noun}} neocon (plural neocons)
  1. (US, possibly derogatory, politics) A neoconservative. Tags: US, derogatory, possibly Categories (topical): Politics, Politics Synonyms: neotard [derogatory, slang], neo
    Sense id: en-neocon-en-noun-yD25D0dl Disambiguation of Politics: 47 53 Categories (other): American English Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: neo-con

Inflected forms

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