jingo

Definition of jingonext
1
as in nationalist
one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country a jingo who thought other countries should automatically follow his country's policies

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2
as in hawk
one who urges or attempts to cause a war the often bitter rhetoric between the jingoes and the committed pacifists

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Noun
  • The real divide in Europe’s tech debate, then, is not between optimists and pessimists, or nationalists and globalists.
    Wolfgang Oels, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026
  • His visit is the latest olive branch from Washington to a network of hard-line nationalists across Europe, with Vice President JD Vance shattering norms last year by meeting with leaders from Germany’s far-right AfD party.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
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  • Bannon has used the term globalists to refer to Silicon Valley elites, media executives, neoconservative foreign-policy hawks, proponents of lightly regulated global markets, and Jared Kushner.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The head and body of this hawk are composed of dark clouds and filaments of gas and dust.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Jingo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingo. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.

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