Home › Words › H › hawkisthawkisthawkist means hawkish.EtymologyFrom hawk + -ist.adjhawkishe.g.“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:nounA hawk, someone who espouses hawkish politics, especially a hawkish foreign policy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hawkism 73% match — Hawkish foreign policy vs hawkist →hawkishness 69% match — The characteristic of being hawkish. vs hawkist →hawkish 69% match — Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour. vs hawkist →hawkishly 68% match — In a hawkish manner. vs hawkist →hagueite 58% match — A supporter of William Hague, or his economic or political policies. vs hawkist →pigeonhawk 57% match — A person who has served in the military only during peacetime, or only in a noncombat capacity, but offers strategic advice and promotes military actions. vs hawkist →chickenhawk 55% match — Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests. vs hawkist →hatriot 54% match — A reactionary political conservative who criticizes liberal or progressive stances as unpatriotic. vs hawkist →