Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
NEOCONSERVATISM
neoconservatism
(noun) an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
neoconservatism (plural neoconservatisms)
(US) A right wing political movement that opposes liberalism in economic areas and supports an interventionist foreign policy.
Coordinate term: paleoconservatism
Source: Wiktionary
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ANYMORE
(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”
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