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adjective

Definition of jingoistnext
as in nationalist
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country a jingoist speech that just stopped short of calling for a declaration of war

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jingoist

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noun

as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war jingoists applauding the appointment of a hard-line foreign minister

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  1. nationalist
  2. hawk
  3. nationalistic
  4. patriotic
Adjective
  • As my colleague Kiera Butler has reported, Lancaster County is home to a burgeoning Christian nationalist movement.
    Serena Lin, Them, 4 Nov. 2024
  • For years, Carlson and others pined for a nationalist movement unconstrained by one man’s personal limitations, and with a more unified ethos.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of nationalist
Noun
  • But why sit indoors when there were hawks, and bears, and stars, and even an extremely rare American chestnut sapling to observe outside?
    Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Kilbourn, a resident of the Northwoods, has worked as a web designer at a medical device manufacturer and most recently worked as a design strategist for Target. Tiffany, who lives in Minocqua, has campaigned as a hawk on border security and stricter immigration laws.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of hawk
Adjective
  • Such claims, often fueled by nationalistic, anti-US sentiment, gained traction on Chinese social media in recent years following the controversy over the health of Ya Ya, a panda formerly at the Memphis Zoo.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Employees from their respective institutions have joined the two former directors in criticizing Slovakia’s nationalistic coalition government for stifling institutional independence.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of nationalistic
Adjective
  • On Veterans Day White Castle will also serve its sliders in a patriotic package featuring 50 white stars on a navy-blue background.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
  • For Mann, the Great War was more than a contest among rival European powers or a patriotic cause.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of patriotic
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