as in conservative
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
his moderate views on social issues means that he has no chance with archconservative voters
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a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are
archconservatives refused to accept the new law
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Recent Examples of archconservative
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Brat is an archconservative who knocked out an establishment Republican, but his district is changing.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 11 June 2018
Bolton later worked for Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), an archconservative who opposed civil rights laws, and in the administrations of Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
—Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
Shortly after the latter’s decision came down, Pennsylvania Republicans asked Justice Samuel Alito, the archconservative who happens to be in charge of reviewing emergency appeals out of Pennsylvania, to stay the order.
—Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 31 Jan. 2018
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Rachmaninoff has gone from being widely viewed as a musical archconservative to a protomodernist.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Brat is an archconservative who knocked out an establishment Republican, but his district is changing.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 11 June 2018
Bolton later worked for Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), an archconservative who opposed civil rights laws, and in the administrations of Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
—Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
Shortly after the latter’s decision came down, Pennsylvania Republicans asked Justice Samuel Alito, the archconservative who happens to be in charge of reviewing emergency appeals out of Pennsylvania, to stay the order.
—Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 31 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archconservative
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The sentiment was echoed by former Fox host and conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Whatever cranky conservative quip Allen fires off is sanded down by the balance Dennings brings to the breakfast table.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Seven years later, in December 2014, the couple married in a traditional Samoan ceremony on Disney’s Castaway Cay, a private island in the Bahamas.Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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The encampments belonged to Muslim residents, known as Moros, who had fled their villages in Jolo, an island in the traditional Moro homeland of Mindanao, after the U.S. military took control in 1899.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Funnels and Pinch Points Funnels and pinch-points are among the most orthodox stand locations during the rut.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Harris emphasized distributional conflict at a time when few orthodox economists were doing so.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Archconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archconservative. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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