"hawkish" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhɔːkɪʃ/ [UK, US], /ˈhɑːkɪʃ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hawkish.wav Forms: more hawkish [comparative], most hawkish [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔːkɪʃ Etymology: From hawk + -ish. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{suffix|en|hawk|ish}} hawk + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} hawkish (comparative more hawkish, superlative most hawkish)
  1. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour. Translations (resembling a hawk): falkenartig (German)
    Sense id: en-hawkish-en-adj-ST3WfiMN Disambiguation of 'resembling a hawk': 100 0 0
  2. Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action. Synonyms: bellicose Translations (supportive of warlike foreign policy): bagarreur [masculine] (French), batailleur [masculine] (French), wucherisch (German), militaristisch (German), πολεμοχαρής (polemocharís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), вои́нственный (voínstvennyj) (Russian), ура́-патриоти́ческий (urá-patriotíčeskij) (Russian), милитари́стский (militarístskij) (Russian), ястреби́ный (jastrebínyj) (Russian), falconino (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hawkish-en-adj-j5fn-CQ0 Disambiguation of 'supportive of warlike foreign policy': 2 91 7
  3. Favouring increasing interest rates; inclined towards increasing interest rates.
    Sense id: en-hawkish-en-adj-H4zJ7jGS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 14 28 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 35 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 20 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 32 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 32 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 29 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 31 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 27 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hawkishly, hawkishness Related terms: war hawk
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