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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The Palestinian cause has long served as a unifying banner for otherwise disparate actors—Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Persians, Islamists and nationalists.—
Ami Ayalon,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Aug. 2025 -
There was no immediate comment from the Baloch nationalists and separatist groups.—
Munir Ahmed,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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The comments by Medvedev, who is known as a hawk on Ukraine and close to Putin, will further dim hopes for compromise on a settlement to end the Ukraine war.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Derived from the aforementioned resolution, this bill has just one Republican sponsor, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie — a libertarian-minded deficit hawk whom Trump has threatened to primary.—
Carson Swick,
Baltimore Sun,
26 July 2025
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“Jingo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingo. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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