NEOCON Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

neocon

noun

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as in neoconservative

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Recent Examples of neocon This faith caused the neocons to recoil in from the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy. —

Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026 The former leftists who dreamed of spreading democracy at the barrel of a gun, after all, were only one part of the neocon movement. —

Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for neocon

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neoconservative

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Senor and Stephens are neoconservatives who hardly needed to be convinced that the members of progressive movements were not friends of the Jewish people.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Moreover, during the Iraq war, the Jewish community could effectively argue that framing the conflict as a Jewish neocon conspiracy was baseless, even as some neoconservatives influenced policy.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026