- jingoish
- adjective see jingo II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
jingoish
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jingoish — ish adjective Etymology: jingo (II) + ish : tending to jingoism : marked by jingoism a jingoish statesman * * * jingˈo or jingˈoish adjective Chauvinist, sabre rattling • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
jingoish — See jingo. * * * … Universalium
jingoish — adjective Jingoistic … Wiktionary
jingoish — adj. tending toward extreme patriotism, chauvinistic … English contemporary dictionary
jingoish — jin·go·ish … English syllables
jingoism — jingoish, adj. jingoist, n., adj. jingoistic, adj. jingoistically, adv. /jing goh iz euhm/, n. the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism. [1875 80; JINGO + ISM] * * * ▪ nationalism … Universalium
jingo — I. interjection Etymology: probably euphemism for Jesus Date: 1694 used as a mild oath usually in the phrase by jingo II. noun (plural jingoes) Etymology: from the fact that the phrase by jingo appeared in the refrain of a chauvinistic song Date … New Collegiate Dictionary
aggressive — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, active, acute, adventuresome, adventurous, ambitious, animated, antagonistic, assertive, battling, bearish, beastly, bellicose, belligerent, bickering, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, bluff, blunt, bold,… … Moby Thesaurus
antagonistic — Synonyms and related words: acrid, adversary, adversative, adverse, adversive, aggressive, alien, anti, antipathetic, antithetic, antonymous, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, at war, averse, balancing, battling, bellicose … Moby Thesaurus
bellicose — Synonyms and related words: aggressive, antagonistic, assertive, battling, belligerent, bickering, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, chauvinist, chauvinistic, combative, contentious, disputatious, divisive, enemy, eristic, factional, factious … Moby Thesaurus
