@TruthSandwich i mean, language is weird like that. Its pretty common for all sorts of words to have multiple definitions, soemtimes completely contradictory (see: literally). Even if at some point people used it one way, or even if they use it that way now, as long as enough people use the same word to mean something else, then thats a definition too...

the fact is I hear neoliberal all the time and its bveen very common in the regions I've lived for at least a decade (north east USA) to mean what I described it to mean... Its more than established enough to be a valid definition in its own right. Any other definitions or usages are also valid, so if the usage is as common as you say then your definition is just as valid as the one I was using, no worries.