Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theoconservative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: theo-con-ser-va-tive
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who believes that religion should play a role in forming public policy.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Only a small percentage of theoconservatives bother to live a strict Biblical lifestyle (Barna 2003), half their marriages fail, and although polls show that the theoconservative third of the population disapproves of premarital sex, surveys reveal that more than eight in ten theoconservatives engage in it (Finer 2007)."

Etymology

From theo- + conservative.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: theo

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

theoconservatives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

theoconservatism

Synonyms

theocon

Questions

What does theoconservative mean?: A person who believes that religion should play a role in forming public policy.
Where does theoconservative come from?: From theo- + conservative.

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