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JINGOIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An extreme bellicose nationalist

Synonyms:

chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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