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Definition of "archconservative" []

  • Highly conservative, especially in political viewpoint. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "archconservative" in a sentence
  • "Unlike the current "archconservative" justices, who aggressively use their power to interpret the Constitution to protect corporations, wealthy corporate donors, and gun owners, "liberal" justices have traditional protected the rights of minorities and dissenters."
  • "Mehdi Gomar was Ahmadinejad’s young neighbor with wraparound shades who looked like a reformist, who in the flush of the vote had called his archconservative candidate a “wonderful person,” who told me the rumors of a social crackdown were all “lies.”"
  • "He was nominated by Ronald Reagan in 1987 but the Senate rejected his nomination after a contentious debate that focused on Bork's archconservative legal views."