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adjective

Definition of jingoistnext
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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jingoist

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noun

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
  1. nationalist
  2. hawk
  3. nationalistic
  4. militant
  5. patriotic
  6. militarist
  7. jingoistic
Adjective
  • Yabloko was struck off only days after being registered for the election after a pro-Kremlin nationalist party, Rodina (Motherland in Russian), brought a lawsuit against the party alleging foreign financing and copyright violations.
    — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Motherland, a hard-line nationalist party, has repeatedly changed its structure and leadership since its start in the early 2000s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of nationalist
Noun
  • Several budget hawks and conservative economists are already balking at the idea – a bad sign when just a few Republicans in either chamber can, until the voting margins change, tank pretty much any measure.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Removing the feeder will encourage the hawk to move along to easier hunting grounds.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of hawk
Adjective
  • The Ridges were as much victims as Ross and the Cherokee that moved were, both were ramshackled by white nationalistic policies and indifference from the government.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Nostalgia, or nationalistic pride, or giving kids names of planets to remember aren;t sufficient reasons to revoke the original IAU decision.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of nationalistic
Noun
  • The advances would give the militants a stronger position to disrupt oil flows through the strait, which connects the southern Red Sea to global markets.
    — Spencer Kimball,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Mohammed was captured in Pakistan in 2003, accused of developing and directing the 9/11 attacks, as a leader of the Islamic militant group al-Qaida.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of militant
Adjective
  • There, in the forum where the president shares her projects daily with the nation and answers questions from the press, the question arose about whether Intocable would perform at the patriotic festivities in 2025.
    — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Along with the meal, the event featured a 10-minute evening drone show, with 250 drones displaying patriotic imagery.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of patriotic
Noun
  • At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi.
    — Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025
Definition of militarist
Adjective
  • This season, LexCorp has taken a former soldier and made a jingoistic American Cyborg Superman to replace the foreigner Luthor fears and hates.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026
  • Is the perfect gift a painting (too European), a symphony (way too European), a bespoke work of jingoistic smut about Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty?
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 June 2026
Definition of jingoistic
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“Jingoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoist. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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