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jingo

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jingo

1 one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country

  • a jingo who thought other countries should automatically follow his country's policies
Synonyms of jingo

chauvinist, flag-waver, nationalist, superpatriot
Words Related to jingo

loyalist, patriot

hawk, warmonger

nativist
Near Antonyms of jingo

internationalist

neutralist

2 one who urges or attempts to cause a war

  • the often bitter rhetoric between the jingoes and the committed pacifists
Synonyms of jingo

hawk, jingoist, militarist, war hawk, warmonger
Words Related to jingo

agitator, firebrand, fomenter, instigator, rabble-rouser

belligerent, combatant, militant

chauvinist
Near Antonyms of jingo

peacemaker

peacekeeper
Antonyms of jingo

dove, pacifist, peacenik

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