archconservative
noun
arch·con·ser·va·tive
(ˌ)ärch-kən-ˈsər-və-tiv 
: an extreme conservative
archconservative
adjective
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Examples of archconservative in a Sentence
archconservatives refused to accept the new law
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Rachmaninoff has gone from being widely viewed as a musical archconservative to a protomodernist.
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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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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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“Archconservative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archconservative. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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