Kalmar "neocon" taƙaice ce ta "neoconservative," wanda ke nufin akidar siyasa da ta bulla a Amurka a cikin 1970s. Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "neocon" mutum ne wanda ke riƙe da imani ko ƙa'idodi, wanda gabaɗaya ya haɗa da ƙaƙƙarfan goyon baya ga keɓancewar Amurka, kasancewar soja mai ƙarfi a ƙasashen waje, da sadaukar da kai don haɓaka dimokuradiyya da yancin ɗan adam. Neoconservatives sau da yawa bayar da shawarar ga wani m manufofin kasashen waje wanda ya hada da preemptive aikin soja, da kuma free-kasuwa tattalin arziki manufofin da wani iyaka rawa ga gwamnati a cikin shirye-shiryen jin dadin jama'a. Ana amfani da kalmar "neocon" sau da yawa azaman abin ƙarfafawa ta waɗanda ba su yarda da manufofi da imani da ke da alaƙa da neoconservatism.