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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingoist
Adjective
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At the same time, the Trump Administration seems to be trying to appeal to a broad coalition that runs from traditional small-government Republicans to Silicon Valley techno-libertarians and the nationalist hard right.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025 -
In fact, pancasila, sometimes invoked as a nationalist tool, runs as a current through the philosophies at Indonesia’s eco-mosques, eco-schools, and eco-groups.—
Lindsey McGinnis,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2025
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Waltz was more of a traditional Republican hawk compared to other advisers, who wanted to get America out of intervening in foreign conflicts.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 May 2025
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But in a party full of deficit hawks, the politics of getting such a proposal through is dicey.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Since Trump took office in January, Mexico has been seized by a wave of nationalistic zeal.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Swit played the patriotic head nurse, but had no friends among the hospital staff.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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The Swiss Army lined the outside of the Vatican among clergy and people waving patriotic indicators from around the globe in celebration of the leader of the Catholic Church emerging from the balcony and beginning his papacy.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
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“Jingoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoist. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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