adj
Meaning 1
Jingoistic; extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jingoist
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noun
Meaning 2
One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an extreme bellicose nationalist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chauvinist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: patriot, nationalist
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English jingo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English jingoist From jingo + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sotahullu — extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy
- Polish: hurrapatriotyczny — extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy
- Polish: jingoistyczny — extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy
- Russian: ура́-патриоти́ческий (urá-patriotíčeskij) — extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy
- Russian: джингои́стский (džingoístskij) — extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy
- Spanish: jingoísta — extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy
- German: Hurrapatriot — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- German: Chauvinist — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- German: Ultranationalist — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Polish: hurrapatriota — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Polish: hurrapatriotka — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Polish: jingoista — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Polish: jingoistka — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Russian: ура́-патрио́т (urá-patriót) — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Russian: ура́-патрио́тка (urá-patriótka) — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Russian: джингои́ст (džingoíst) — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Russian: джингои́стка (džingoístka) — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims
- Spanish: jingoísta — one who advocates an aggressive nationalism, one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims