hawkish

UK /ˈhɔːkɪʃ/ US /ˈhɔːkɪʃ/

adj 3

Definitions

adj

Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.

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

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

This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.

Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.

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

ADJ.

fierce, foreign, public

VERB + HAWKISH

retrospect, support

HAWKISH + NOUN

american, israel, majority, parliament, policy, tendencies

PREP.

from, in, in

adjective — disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

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

Wiktionary

This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.

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But before the letter was finalized, it drew denunciation from the hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

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In retrospect, the hawkish tendencies of that society were becoming more and more evident in the months before war broke out.

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I am in favor of a more hawkish foreign policy.

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He's both a hawkish dove and a dovish hawk.

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