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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Noun
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a Hindu nationalist, says his 2019 revocation of Kashmir’s semiautonomous status ended a decades-long separatist insurgency and allowed tourism to flourish, a narrative that was shattered by the attack last month.—
Mushtaq Yusufzai,
NBC news,
6 May 2025 -
The next day, the FBI dug up the rear axle of that truck, which eventually led them to Timothy McVeigh, an extreme nationalist angered by the Waco siege two years earlier.—
Laurel Morales,
NPR,
18 Apr. 2025
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Musk, meanwhile, says the bill will balloon the federal deficit, a view that's been publicly backed by fiscal hawks like GOP representatives Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson, both of whom voted against the spending package in the House.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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But the accounting criticisms haven’t stopped fiscal hawks from raising questions about the cost of the package, while pressing for more aggressive cuts to spending.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
4 June 2025
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“Jingo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingo. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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