JINGOES Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

jingoes

noun

plural of jingo

as in nationalists

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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as in hawks

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

While many Hindus worship Rama, Sita and Hanuman as deities, Hindu nationalists have also presented Rama as a historical figure – the legendary ruler of the ancient kingdom of Ayodhya.

— Sohini Sarah Pillai, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
As Haitians on both sides of the island took sides, Dominican authorities demanded an apology, nationalists denounced the statement as an affront to Dominican sovereignty, and Haiti’s foreign ministry distanced the government from it.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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Birds, including Canadian geese, several types of hawks, mynas and larks were also killed in the thousands.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The groups have watched pigeon flocks flee from hawks and have seen pigeons feeding crop milk, a substance adult pigeons produce near their throat, to their babies.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

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