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jingoist

jingoist noun: one who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.

Noun

jingoist (plural jingoists)

  1. One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
    • The term "jingoist;" or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson. It was applied to James G. Blaine, the typical American of his time -- a man from beneath whose very toe-nails enough intellect might be scraped to make an hundred Clevelands or McKinleys. All...1919, William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12
    Synonyms:
    hawk, war hawk, warmonger

Adjective

jingoist (comparative more jingoist, superlative most jingoist)

  1. Jingoistic; extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy.
    • When liberals did acknowledge the persistence of the covenant theme, they treated it like some atavistic beast, lumping it together with the largely aberrant doctrines of ultra-right-wingers, "Jewish conspiracy" advocates, Nazi sympathizers, and jingoist fanatics.1988, Jeffrey Hadden, Anson Shupe, Televangelism: Power and Politics on God`s Frontier
    Synonyms:
    hawkish

jingoist meaning in Tamil

jingoist in Tamil

நாட்டுப் பற்று

Synonyms of jingoist

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of jingoist

Forms of jingoist

Noun
pluraljingoists
Adjective
comparativemore jingoist
superlativemost jingoist

Origin of jingoist

From jingo + -ist.

Questions about jingoist

What does jingoist mean?
Jingoist means one who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
What is jingoist in Tamil?
Jingoist in Tamil is நாட்டுப் பற்று. See Jingoist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jingoist?
Jingoist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of jingoist?
The plural of jingoist is jingoists.

Words near jingoist in the dictionary

  1. Jingodom
  2. jingoes
  3. jingoish
  4. jingoism
  5. jingoisms
  6. jingoist
  7. jingoistic
  8. jingoistically
  9. jingoists
  10. jingoize
  11. jingoized

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