hawkish

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English

Etymology

hawk +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

Adjective

hawkish (comparative more hawkish, superlative most hawkish)

  1. Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
  2. 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.
    • 2019 September 10, Christian Britschgi, “Ultra-Hawk John Bolton Fired From Trump Administration”, in Reason:
      This was not the first disagreement between the ultra-hawkish Bolton and the occasionally more intervention-skeptic Trump.
    • 2020 July 1, Dan Friedman, “Congressional Democrats Are Tying Themselves Into Knots About Whether to Restrict Aid to Israel”, in Mother Jones:
      But before the letter was finalized, it drew denunciation from the hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
    • 2022 August 21, Anton Troianovski, “Brazen Attack Near Moscow Rattles Russians”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      The Russian authorities said on Sunday that they had begun a murder investigation into the killing of Daria Dugina, 29, a hawkish political commentator who was the daughter of the philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, long a leading proponent of an imperialist Russia who has been urging the Kremlin to escalate its assault on Ukraine.
  3. 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.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English hawkish.

Adjective

hawkish (strong nominative masculine singular hawkisher, comparative hawkisher, superlative am hawkishsten)

  1. (stock market, uncommon) hawkish
    • 2022 July 13, Kornelius Purps, “EUR-USD: Parität hält, aber wie lange noch?”, in Wallstreet Online‎:
      Die Zentralbankvertreter sind von ihrer hawkishen Rhetorik bislang so gut wie keinen Millimeter abgewichen […]
      Central bank representatives have distanced themselves from their hawkish rhetorics by no millimeter

Declension

Positive forms of hawkish
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist hawkish sie ist hawkish es ist hawkish sie sind hawkish
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative hawkisher hawkishe hawkishes hawkishe
genitive hawkishen hawkisher hawkishen hawkisher
dative hawkishem hawkisher hawkishem hawkishen
accusative hawkishen hawkishe hawkishes hawkishe
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der hawkishe die hawkishe das hawkishe die hawkishen
genitive des hawkishen der hawkishen des hawkishen der hawkishen
dative dem hawkishen der hawkishen dem hawkishen den hawkishen
accusative den hawkishen die hawkishe das hawkishe die hawkishen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein hawkisher eine hawkishe ein hawkishes (keine) hawkishen
genitive eines hawkishen einer hawkishen eines hawkishen (keiner) hawkishen
dative einem hawkishen einer hawkishen einem hawkishen (keinen) hawkishen
accusative einen hawkishen eine hawkishe ein hawkishes (keine) hawkishen
Comparative forms of hawkish
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist hawkisher sie ist hawkisher es ist hawkisher sie sind hawkisher
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative hawkisherer hawkishere hawkisheres hawkishere
genitive hawkisheren hawkisherer hawkisheren hawkisherer
dative hawkisherem hawkisherer hawkisherem hawkisheren
accusative hawkisheren hawkishere hawkisheres hawkishere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der hawkishere die hawkishere das hawkishere die hawkisheren
genitive des hawkisheren der hawkisheren des hawkisheren der hawkisheren
dative dem hawkisheren der hawkisheren dem hawkisheren den hawkisheren
accusative den hawkisheren die hawkishere das hawkishere die hawkisheren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein hawkisherer eine hawkishere ein hawkisheres (keine) hawkisheren
genitive eines hawkisheren einer hawkisheren eines hawkisheren (keiner) hawkisheren
dative einem hawkisheren einer hawkisheren einem hawkisheren (keinen) hawkisheren
accusative einen hawkisheren eine hawkishere ein hawkisheres (keine) hawkisheren
Superlative forms of hawkish
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am hawkishsten sie ist am hawkishsten es ist am hawkishsten sie sind am hawkishsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative hawkishster hawkishste hawkishstes hawkishste
genitive hawkishsten hawkishster hawkishsten hawkishster
dative hawkishstem hawkishster hawkishstem hawkishsten
accusative hawkishsten hawkishste hawkishstes hawkishste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der hawkishste die hawkishste das hawkishste die hawkishsten
genitive des hawkishsten der hawkishsten des hawkishsten der hawkishsten
dative dem hawkishsten der hawkishsten dem hawkishsten den hawkishsten
accusative den hawkishsten die hawkishste das hawkishste die hawkishsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein hawkishster eine hawkishste ein hawkishstes (keine) hawkishsten
genitive eines hawkishsten einer hawkishsten eines hawkishsten (keiner) hawkishsten
dative einem hawkishsten einer hawkishsten einem hawkishsten (keinen) hawkishsten
accusative einen hawkishsten eine hawkishste ein hawkishstes (keine) hawkishsten

Further reading

  • “hawkish” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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