Conservative Dictionary Project (H)

Hell

True conservative meaning - A place where sinners suffer eternally. Every person who lands in Hell is a sinner who deserves the punishment.

False liberal redefinition - A place where very few sinners, if any, go.

homeschool

Date: 1980

Conservative Word

True conservative meaning - teaching by mom/dad or instructor under direction of mom/dad; contrast with public schools

False liberal redefinition - propagandistic education by an unqualified teacher so that the student doesn't learn about ideas outside the parents' ideology in public schools

homosexuality

True conservative meaning - sexual relations with someone of the same gender: a hedonistic and wrong choice

False liberal redefinition - one of several possible sexualities a person can be born with

homosexual agenda

Date: 1989

Conservative Word

True conservative meaning - agenda to give homosexuals special rights and make kids gay

False liberal redefinition - a movement designed to give homosexuals equal status to that of heterosexuals and rid of bigotry against homosexuals

horticulture

Date: 1678

True conservative meaning - the art and science of gardening

humanism

Date:

Liberal term

True conservative meaning - atheistic view

False liberal redefinition - a ethical philosophy that rejects supernaturalism and centers on purely human values, interests and dignity

hypercatalectic

Date: 1890

True conservative meaning: having an extra syllable at the end of a verse