Jingo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Jingo is a noun meaning One who supports policy favouring war.
Meaning
One who supports policy favouring war.
Example Sentences
He is the jingo of the universe; he will say, "My cosmos, right or wrong."
"We are all jingoes now," the New York Sun wrote immediately after the 1898 war, "and the head jingo is the Hon. William McKinley."
Spare me all the outrage and "pseudo jingo stuff" about Iran's imprisonment of our troops, said Peter Hitchens in The Mail on Sunday.
1897 June 19, Carl Schurz, editorial: Armed or Unarmed Peace in Harper's Weekly, reprinted in 1913, Frederic Bancroft (editor), Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, The fact is that Mr. Roosevelt has always with perfect frankness confessed himself to be what is currently called a Jingo.
Word Forms
- jingos
- jingoes
Synonyms for jingo
Depending on context, synonyms include jingoist, chauvinist, flag-waver.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include jingoist, chauvinist, flag-waver, warnik, jingoism, patrioteer.
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