jingoism

Examples

• All

• People love to worship at the altar of nationalistic jingoism as much as anything else.

  Blog text (4)

• It's a culture of materialism, consumerism, and jingoism (which unites everyone in a fervor of blind nationalism).

  Blog text (3)

• Can we fight back against jingoism posing as journalism?

  WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)

• I, for one, am not looking forward to the endless bayonet and horse jingoism in store for us.

  Blog text (24)

• I was driven by an inexplicable jingoism.

  Fiction book (1998)

• What's more, jingoism is hardly a relic of the past.

  Blog text (25)

• I don't see this as jingoism when a U.N. treaty is in direct conflict with our constitutional rights.

  Blog text (13)

• Hard-line jingoism was by no means required for political usefulness or literary popularity.

  Academic text (1991)

• Was he not yielding to the most sentimental of motives, to a rabid jingoism, a patriotic fervor as silly, if it were not so deadly earnest, as any in history?

  Fiction book (2000)

• Driven by resource instability, nationalism, and jingoism, this "First Island Chain" policy envisions Beijing's ability eventually to neutralize or push out America's bases and aircraft carrier task forces, followed by dominance of the region.

  Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

M

militarism

vsjingoism

8 7.7

A belief that a country should build a strong army and use it to gain or protect power

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries rather than building military strength

W

warmongering

vsjingoism

6 8.8

Encouraging a country to start a war for political gain

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries out of country devotion

C

chauvinism

vsjingoism

• NSFW

4 8.9

Extreme pride in one's country that ignores people from other countries

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries with clear hostility

H

hawkery

vsjingoism

9.9

Support for using military force in politics

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries rather than policy planning

U

ultranationalism

vsjingoism

• Literature

9.4

A strong belief that your country is better than other countries and should be powerful

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries motivated by superiority

S

superpatriotism

vsjingoism

9.9

A very strong love of your country that makes you reject criticism of it

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries rather than mere devotion

W

warriorism

vsjingoism

8.9

A strong belief that a country should use military force to solve problems

supports aggressive or warlike actions towards other countries rather than valuing warrior ideals

Antonyms

D

diplomacy

• Formal

201 3.7

Skill in carefully managing talks and relations between people or countries

P

pacifism

6 6.2

The belief that using violence, like fighting or war, is wrong and people should solve problems peacefully

How Nationalistic

ultranationalism

• Literature

9.4

jingoism

3 9.5

nationalism

71 6.0

patriotism

90 3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology