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jingoism

American  
[jing-goh-iz-uhm] / ˈdʒɪŋ goʊˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.

jingoism British  
/ ˈdʒɪŋɡəʊˌɪzəm /

noun

  1. the belligerent spirit or foreign policy of jingoes; chauvinism

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jingoism Cultural  

  1. Extreme and emotional nationalism, or chauvinism, often characterized by an aggressive foreign policy, accompanied by an eagerness to wage war.

Other Word Forms

  • jingoish adjective
  • jingoist noun
  • jingoistic adjective
  • jingoistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of jingoism

First recorded in 1875–80; jingo + -ism

Example Sentences

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Without resorting to jingoism or over-sentimentality, he began to write with increasing tenderness about his native country—its climate, its countryside, its particular temperament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The fear is patriotism will veer into jingoism in the galleries.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

I recommend reading the graphic novel series Three, which tells the story of Helot liberation and is a welcome corrective to the jingoism of 300.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024

That lends more than a touch of jingoism to this otherwise amusing, mechanistic parlor trick, which builds to a surge of emotion that might make your heart sink or soar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

As a consummate individualist and by the same token a cosmopolite to the full, Nietzsche was the last remove from national, or strictly speaking even from racial, jingoism.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

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