hawkish

English

Etymology

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hawk +‎ -ish

Adjective

hawkish (comparative more hawkish, superlative most hawkish)

1. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

   Synonym: bellicose

   Antonym: dovish

   The Prime Minister could count on the support of a hawkish majority in Parliament to support the invasion.

2. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.

   Antonym: dovish

   The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.

Derived terms

• hawkishly
• hawkishness

Related terms

• war hawk

Translations

supportive of warlike foreign policy

• French: bagarreur (fr) m, batailleur (fr) m
• German: falkenartig, wucherisch, militaristisch
• Greek: πολεμοχαρής (el) m or f (polemocharís)
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• Russian: вои́нственный (ru) (voínstvennyj), ура́-патриоти́ческий (ru) (urá-patriotíčeskij), милитари́стский (ru) (militarístskij), ястреби́ный (ru) (jastrebínyj)
• Spanish: falconino

Further reading

• war hawk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Wishkah