SPREAD-EAGLE Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

spread-eagle

adjective

Definition of spread-eagle

as in chauvinist

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Dissimilar Words

internationalist

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spread-eagle

Adjective

Habermas’s disdain for chauvinist displays was visceral.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Now it would be seen as very chauvinist of us.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025

Definition of chauvinist

Adjective

The following years have entailed chauvinistic backlash and the disappearance of women’s media.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
When announcing the attraction, Disney did so with symbolism of the American flag, a bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty, art that was admittedly bright and welcoming, but also could be read as giving it an uncomfortable, chauvinistic sheen.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of chauvinistic

Adjective

This season, LexCorp has taken a former soldier and made a jingoistic American Cyborg Superman to replace the foreigner Luthor fears and hates.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026
Is the perfect gift a painting (too European), a symphony (way too European), a bespoke work of jingoistic smut about Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty?

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 June 2026

Definition of jingoistic

Adjective

Lander, who is Jewish, attended a rally Saturday outside Madison Square Garden protesting the Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its leader, Mohan Bhagwat, who was speaking at the venue.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026
Yet the agreement encountered intense resistance from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the communist left, and critical sections of Singh’s own Congress Party.

— C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of nationalist

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