jingoistic

comparative more jingoistic · superlative most jingoistic

1. Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.

   My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.

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   The truth is that all classes—Christian and non-Christian—have yielded fatally to the pernicious interpretation which interested politicians, soldiers, manufacturers, and Jingoistic writers have put on the real economic needs of the country.

   1915, Joseph McCabe, “The Responsibility of the Churches”, in The War and the Churches, London: Watts & Co. 17 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street, E.C., →OCLC, page 22

   All this jingoistic bombast, however, was directed toward defending, not so much the national vernacular as the national belles lettres.

   [1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 14, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC, § 2, page 86

   If we continue to be limited to our exceedingly fragile existence on spaceship Earth, a natural disaster or our own jingoistic or ecological foolhardiness is almost certain to terminate our existence perhaps centuries or millenia^([sic – meaning millennia]) from today.

   1982, “Replicating Systems Concepts: Self-replicating Lunar Factory and Demonstration”, in Robert A. Freitas, Jr., William P. Gilbreath, editors, Advanced Automation for Space Missions […] (NASA Conference Publication; 2255), Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scientific and Technical Information Branch, →OCLC, page 244, column 2

   But are these Olympics also destined to become a jingoistic, flag-waving convention, a world-alienating Patriot Games?

   2002 February 7, Harvey Araton, “Jingoism Is the Way of the Olympics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   This approach plays fast and loose with ordinary people's livelihoods. Yet still, with jingoistic horns and trumpets drowning out the roar of the deep, the stampede towards the cliff's edge gathers pace.

   2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50: As Britain hurtles towards the precipice, truth and democracy are in short supply”, in The Observer, London, archived from the original on 17 May 2017

   Synonyms: hawkish