jingoistic

Examples

• All

• Reporters nowadays tend to be jingoistic on foreign policy.

  Blog text (15)

• Saying it's jingoistic smacks of a knee-jerk reaction to the military and associating it with American overreaches.

  Blog text (30)

• Someone wrote in The New York Times that "We Take Care of Our Own" was "jingoistic."

  Blog text (9)

• Or the governments of Washington State and Colorado, if you are so jingoistic that you will only believe Americans....

  Blog text (26)

• Not platitudes and jingoistic rhetoric.

  Swing Vote (2008)

• And so they seek a jingoistic, politically popular solution to a complex and multifaceted problem.

  Academic text (2008)

• For all its reputation as a jingoistic propaganda film, actually watching the movie reveals its hidden depths.

  Blog text (8)

• Friedman, however, would dismiss any criticism of the United States, a country he favors with a jingoistic fervor.

  Academic text (2000)

• The government's jingoistic rhetoric has fueled tensions with neighboring countries.

• During the election, the candidate's jingoistic promises appealed to voters' national pride.

Synonyms

N

nationalist

vsjingoistic

57 6.4

Showing strong support for one's country and its interests

is similar but generally milder and less warlike in tone

N

nationalistic

vsjingoistic

15 6.7

Someone who feels strong pride in a country and thinks that country is better than others

is less extreme and not necessarily aggressive abroad

I

imperialist

vsjingoistic

15 8.2

Relating to a policy that makes a country control other countries, often by force

focuses on empire building rather than noisy patriotic agitation

H

hawkish

vsjingoistic

14 7.9

Supporting the use of military force in politics

is similar but is less about fanatical patriotic emotion

C

chauvinistic

vsjingoistic

• Offensive

10 8.6

Having an unfair belief that your own group is better than others

focuses more on biased superiority, less on foreign war policy

E

expansionist

vsjingoistic

5 7.5

Supporting a country that wants more land or power

is about expansion aims, not necessarily fanatical national emotion

I

imperialistic

vsjingoistic

4 7.8

Relating to a country's effort to control other countries, often by force

emphasizes expansion and control more than loud patriotic fervor

F

flag-waving

vsjingoistic

• Offensive

2 6.8

Showing too much pride in one's country

is more about loud display than promoting warlike policies

U

ultranationalist

vsjingoistic

• Literature

1 8.9

Very patriotic and often hostile to other countries

is fanatical and specifically favors aggressive foreign actions

U

ultranationalistic

vsjingoistic

• Literature

9.9

Very strong pride in one's country and dislike of people from other countries

is extreme and also pushes aggressive warlike foreign policy

H

hegemonistic

vsjingoistic

• Formal

9.3

Wanting one group or country to control others

emphasizes control and influence rather than aggressive patriotic zeal

How Patriotic

chauvinistic

• Offensive

10 8.6

jingoistic

3 9.1

nationalistic

15 6.7

patriotic

107 3.3

Surface Forms

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