Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "neoconservative" yana nufin akidar siyasa da ke da alaƙa da sadaukar da kai ga tsarin jari-hujja mai 'yanci, mai karfi na kare ƙasa, da kuma tabbatar da manufofin waje. Masu ra'ayin mazan jiya yawanci suna ba da shawarar samar da ingantaccen tsari ga manufofin ketare, gami da amfani da ƙarfin soja don haɓaka dimokuradiyya da kare muradun tsaron ƙasa. Ana amfani da kalmar "neoconservative" sau da yawa wajen bayyana wasu gungun masana da masu tsara manufofi da suka fito a Amurka a shekarun 1970 da 1980, kuma wadanda suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsara manufofin harkokin wajen Amurka a lokacin gwamnatin George W. Bush. p>