jingoism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
jingoism
n.
radical patriotism, aggressive chauvinism, extreme nationalism
Jingoism
Jingoism is
patriotism in the form of
aggressive foreign policy. Jingoism also refers to a country's
advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its
national interests. Colloquially, it refers to excessive
bias in judging one's own country as superior to others—an extreme type of
nationalism.
jingoism
Noun
1. an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
(synonym) flag waving
(hypernym) demagoguery, demagogy
2. fanatical patriotism
(synonym) chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism
(hypernym) patriotism, nationalism
Jingoism
(n.)
The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
jingoism
Synonyms and related words:
Americanism, Anglicism, Briticism, aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, ferocity, fierceness, fight, flag waving, flag-waving, hostility, love of country, martialism, militancy, militarism, nationalism, nationality, overpatriotism, patriotics, patriotism, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, saber rattling, superpatriotism, truculence, ultranationalism, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, warmongering, warpath
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