Jingo (Noun)
Meaning
An extreme bellicose nationalist.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The politician's aggressive rhetoric made him sound like a jingo, always calling for military action against neighboring countries.
- Her grandfather was a jingo who still believed that his country's military might was the key to its greatness.
- The newspaper's editorial page was dominated by a jingo who wrote scathing columns against anyone who dared to question the government's foreign policy.
- The protest march was disrupted by a group of jingos who were angry about the anti-war signs being carried by some of the demonstrators.
- In his speech, the president tried to strike a balance between defending his country's interests and avoiding the jingoistic language that had gotten him into trouble in the past.