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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
  • The dispute over Western Sahara remains deeply tied to neighboring Algeria, the main backer of the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi’s nationalist movement and armed liberation group fighting for an independent state.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • These extra-institutional mass upsurges have posed the greatest challenges to the Hindu nationalist political order helmed by Modi.
    — Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of nationalist
Noun
  • Prosecutors said investigators traced the deaths of 118 eagles and 107 hawks directly to Branson.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • However, the new chair repeatedly stressed his commitment to meeting the Fed’s inflation target, and many Wall Street observers took him to be an inflation hawk at heart.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of hawk
Adjective
  • When former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán unveiled such a nationalistic monument in Budapest, the cosmopolitan bastion of the Hungarian political left, it was interpreted as a victory lap.
    — Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
  • The Falklands remain a nationalistic symbol within Argentina.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of nationalistic
Noun
  • Some of the jihadi militants in Nigeria have presented themselves as an alternative to the government in areas with limited government and security presence.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Very few civil rights leaders, whether nonviolent or militant, moved to the island for good.
    — Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of militant
Adjective
  • The drug’s relative obscurity has allowed its champions to shake off the baggage of the nineteen-sixties, and to position its use, not as hippie hedonism but as a medical intervention compatible with patriotic duty and Christian faith.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Star sprinkles capped off the red, white and blue patriotic effect.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 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 10 Aug. 2026.

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