Meanings
plural jingoisms
- uncountableExcessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.
Soviet reports today on the British victory in the Falkland Islands said a “new flare-up of jingoism” in Britain obscured the fact that the problem was far from solved.
1982 June 16, “Soviet Accuses British Of Jingoism in Victory”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 May 20231 more example
“When you see several dots on a page you begin to get a line of trajectory. These things mean something,” he said of the repeated displays of jingoism. “And I think what they mean is that China is back, it is powerful and it is not to be trifled with.”
2017 September 23, Tom Phillips, quoting Orville Schell, “China finds its own Top Gun and Rambo in wave of patriotic movies”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2019 - countableA jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
At a time when the leaders of the “free” world can run systems in an authoritarian manner, replete with their jingoisms and subtexts of internal colonialism, it is rather urgent that we demystify democratism, […]
2020, Jack Fong, “Preface”, in Employing Nietzsche’s Sociological Imagination, Lexington Books, →ISBN1 more example
Americans are now too overstimulated and spoiled by choices to be properly manipulated by the old rallies that used to boil nationalistic fervor—billowing flags, unctuous marching band music, and a white man in a dark suit speaking in comforting Judeo-Christian jingoisms.
2010, Cintra Wilson, Caligula for President, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 20 - uncountableChauvinism.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounfanatical patriotism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian джингоизъм
- джингоизъм (džingoizăm)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Chinese Mandarin 沙文主義 /沙文主义, 極端愛國主義 /极端爱国主义
- 沙文主義 /沙文主义 (shāwénzhǔyì)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- 極端愛國主義 /极端爱国主义 (jíduān àiguózhǔyì)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- 主戰論 /主战论 (zhǔzhànlùn)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- 極端愛國主義的態度 /极端爱国主义的态度 (jíduān àiguózhǔyì de tàidù)jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
- 極端愛國主義的評論 /极端爱国主义的评论 (jíduān àiguózhǔyì de pínglùn)jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
Czech hurávlastenectví
- hurávlastenectvíjingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
Dutch hoerapattriotisme, jingoïsme
- hoerapattriotismeextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- jingoïsmeextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Finnish yltiöisänmaallisuus, yltiöisänmaallisuus
- yltiöisänmaallisuusextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- yltiöisänmaallisuusjingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
French jingoïsme, bellicisme
- jingoïsmeextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- bellicismeextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- bellicismejingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
German Hurrapatriotismus, Jingoismus
- Hurrapatriotismusextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- Jingoismusextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Greek υπερεθνικοφροσύνη, υπερεθνικισμός
- υπερεθνικοφροσύνη (yperethnikofrosýni)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- υπερεθνικισμός (yperethnikismós)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Hebrew לְאֻוּמָּנוּת
- לְאֻוּמָּנוּת (leumanút)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Indonesian jingoisme
- jingoismeextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Japanese 主戦論, 狂信的愛国主義
- 主戦論 (shusenron)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- 狂信的愛国主義 (kyōshin-teki aikokushugi)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- ジンゴイズム (jingoizumu)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Korean 주전론, 징고이즘
- 주전론 (jujeollon)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- 징고이즘 (jinggoijeum)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Polish hurrapatriotyzm, jingoizm
- hurrapatriotyzmextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- jingoizmextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- jingoizmjingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
Portuguese patrioteirismo, jingoísmo
- patrioteirismoextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- jingoísmoextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- patriotagemextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- patrioteirismojingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
- patriotagemjingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
Russian ура́-патриоти́зм, джингои́зм
- ура́-патриоти́зм (urá-patriotízm)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- джингои́зм (džingoízm)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- квасно́й патриоти́зм (kvasnój patriotízm)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- ла́потный патриоти́зм (lápotnyj patriotízm)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- казённый патриоти́зм (kazjónnyj patriotízm)extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Slovak hurávlastenectvo
- hurávlastenectvojingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
Spanish patrioterismo, jingoísmo
- patrioterismoextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- jingoísmoextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
- patrioteríaextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Turkish jingoizm
- jingoizmextreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy
Cite this entry
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