jingo
Aggressive flag-waver
Jingo is a person who advocates aggressive or warlike foreign policy, especially one who supports military action to extend national power.
The word carries strongly negative connotations—jingoism suggests belligerent patriotism divorced from reason: The jingoes in Congress pushed for war.
By jingo is an old-fashioned oath of emphasis.
Favoring aggressive action
- saber-rattlingThreatening show of military might
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- warlikeDisposed toward armed conflict
- bellicoseInclined toward aggression
militaristic · expansionist · imperialistic · interventionist · provocateur · brinkmanship · aggression · mobilization
Militant devotion to group
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
- superpatriotismExaggerated devotion to country
- flag-wavingDemonstrative national enthusiasm
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
xenophobia · nativism · exceptionalism · revanchism · protectionism · isolationism · spread-eagle · supremacism
Pretentious hollow language
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
- demagogueryManipulative political rhetoric
rabble-rousing · inflammatory · propaganda · slogan · posturing · chest-thumping · swagger · braggadocio
hawkish
Favoring aggressive action
- saber-rattlingThreatening show of military might
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- warlikeDisposed toward armed conflict
bellicose · militaristic · expansionist · imperialistic · interventionist · provocateur · brinkmanship · aggression · mobilization · armament
chauvinism
Militant devotion to group
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
- superpatriotismExaggerated devotion to country
- flag-wavingDemonstrative national enthusiasm
ethnocentrism · xenophobia · nativism · exceptionalism · revanchism · protectionism · isolationism · spread-eagle · supremacism
bombast
Pretentious hollow language
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- bravadoPretense of fearlessness
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
demagoguery · rabble-rousing · inflammatory · propaganda · slogan · posturing · chest-thumping · swagger · braggadocio · hectoring
jingopacifist
Anti-violence believer
dove · peacenik · peacemaker · peace activist · conscientious objector
jingointernationalist
Supporter of worldwide cooperation
cosmopolitan · globalist · neutralist · universalist · citizen of the world