jingoism
noun
the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
jingoist
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a word derived from
jingoism.
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a word derived from
jingoistic.
jingoisticadjectivemilitantly nationalistic or chauvinistic.
Example Sentences
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For the most part, artists responding to 9/11 felt they had little choice but to play it politically safe in its jingoist aftermath, and little consequential 9/11 art seems to have gotten made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
We can love the US without being jingoist.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
He defended Britain during the Boer War, became a pal of Cecil Rhodes, and made clear his jingoist reverence for the military virtues.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2016
It is true, however, that, in general, rock stars did not reach the jingoist heights of their country brethren.
From MSNBC ● Mar. 25, 2015
The term "jingoist;" or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 by William Cowper Brann
