different between dovish vs jingoist

English

Alternative forms

• doveish

Etymology

From dove +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??/

Adjective

dovish (comparative more dovish, superlative most dovish)

1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.
2. (figuratively) Peaceful, conciliatory.

   Antonym: hawkish

   • 2006 July 18, Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian, page 3:

     Doubtless an expression of frustration at the UN secretary general, who has long been too dovish for Bush administration tastes.

   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin 2013, p. 210:

     Caillaux bypassed his Foreign Office in order to impose his own dovish agenda on the negotiations with Berlin […].

3. Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.

   Antonym: hawkish

Translations

English

Etymology

From jingo +? -ist.

Noun

jingoist (plural jingoists)

1. One who advocates an aggressive nationalism; one who vociferously supports a nation's military aims.
   • 1919: William Cowper Brann, The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12

     The term "jingoist;" or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson. It was applied to James G. Blaine, the typical American of his time -- a man from beneath whose very toe-nails enough intellect might be scraped to make an hundred Clevelands or McKinleys. All were jingoes in their day and generation, because all preferred the title of sovereign to that of subject...

Synonyms

• hawk

Antonyms

• dove
• pacifist

Translations

Adjective

jingoist (comparative more jingoist, superlative most jingoist)

1. Jingoistic; extremely supportive of warlike foreign policy.
   • 1988: Jeffrey Hadden and Anson Shupe, Televangelism: Power and Politics on God`s Frontier

     When liberals did acknowledge the persistence of the covenant theme, they treated it like some atavistic beast, lumping it together with the largely aberrant doctrines of ultra-right-wingers, "Jewish conspiracy" advocates, Nazi sympathizers, and jingoist fanatics.

Synonyms

• hawkish

Antonyms

• dovish

Translations

See also

• chauvinistic

Anagrams

• joisting