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JINGOIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jingoist mean?
• JINGOIST (noun)
The noun JINGOIST has 1 sense:
1. an extreme bellicose nationalist
Familiarity information: JINGOIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extreme bellicose nationalist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer
Hypernyms ("jingoist" is a kind of...):
nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)
Derivation:
jingoism (fanatical patriotism)
jingoism (an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions)
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