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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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
Adjective
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According to critics and allies alike, those statements are aimed at reassuring Chavista loyalists that the movement has not entirely abandoned its nationalist identity.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026 -
Northern Ireland is governed by Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein in a power-sharing arrangement with the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Truth be told, everyone was hoping for one — the teenage boy behind us, the two younger girls in front, all watching the ball boy like hawks.—
Peter Folan,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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Industry hawks opposed to 340B’s expansion warn that providers could then charge patients for the full cost of the drugs, unbeknownst to the beneficiaries.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Germany was long seen as hesitant to appear overly militaristic or nationalistic, but the Ukraine war — and now the Iran conflict — has pushed Berlin to increase defense spending and crystallize its own national interests.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of how nationalistic Jews felt as Hungarians, anti-semitism was on the rise in Hungary throughout the 1930s.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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In 1981, Irish Republican Army militant Bobby Sands died at age 27 at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland on the 66th day of a hunger strike.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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But militants harass shipping elsewhere in the region, too.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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Each show will include 300 drones, patriotic activities and other entertainment.—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Exactly how the organization intends to fuse patriotic pageantry with a global soccer tournament remains unclear.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
8 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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While jingoistic support for the military was Anutin’s secret weapon, the progressive’s antagonist view of green uniforms turned out to be its kryptonite.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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In certain ways, the campaign served as the mirror image of anti-communist and jingoistic propaganda in the United States at the time.—
Wendy Z. Goldman,
The Conversation,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Jingoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoist. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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