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hawkist en · ADJ

Etymology

From hawk + -ist.

Meanings

1. hawkish
   • The Socialist Party's Janata said in its editorial that it would be better to talk to Bhutto than to push him into a corner "leading to his replacement by a less mercurial but more hawkist leader". 1987, Gulab Mishra, Indo-Pakistan Relations, page 384:

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most hawkist	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more hawkist	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

hawkist en · NOUN

Etymology

From hawk + -ist.

Meanings

1. A hawk, someone who espouses hawkish politics, especially a hawkish foreign policy.
   • In America the anti-war activists protested the hawkists with violence. In 1969 President Richard Nixon Vietnamized the Vietnam war after the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese bo doi suffered heavy casualties during the Tet Offensive (1968). 2004, David Pham, International Politico:

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hawkists	Number=Plur		lexicographic