JINGO Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

jingo

noun

Definition of jingo

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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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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Though the two nations have been separate and independent since the 19th century, Dominican nationalists often foreground a 22-year period from 1822 to 1844 when Haitian troops occupied the Dominican Republic.

— Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
An investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries and populist survivalists.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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Jared Bernstein, who served as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Biden administration, has similarly sounded more like a debt hawk than a dove.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
At the same time, Sobyanin, who is widely seen as a pragmatist, has rebuffed calls by Russian hawks for a broad mobilization of conscripts and putting the entire economy on a war footing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

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