jingoism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəʊɪz(ə)m/
Etymology
Etymology tree English jingo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English jingoism From jingo + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.
“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: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 2023:
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(countable) A jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
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: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, →ISBN:
- (uncountable) Chauvinism.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jingoisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
wrap in the flag · ultranationalism · jingo · jingoist · by jingo · ethnonationalism · hawkism · jingoistically · jingoistic
Synonyms
Translations (47)
cs hurávlastenectví (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · hy ջինգոիզմ (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ru ура́-патриоти́зм (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · pt patrioteirismo (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · pt patrioteirismo (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · el υπερεθνικοφροσύνη (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · es patrioterismo (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · nl jingoïsme (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · de Hurrapatriotismus (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ja ジンゴイズム (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ru квасно́й патриоти́зм (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · kmr neteweperistî (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · id jingoisme (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · de Jingoismus (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · cmn 極端愛國主義 /极端爱国主义 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ja 主戦論 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ja 狂信的愛国主義 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · pl jingoizm (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · es patriotería (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · cmn 極端愛國主義的態度 /极端爱国主义的态度 (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · fr bellicisme (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · el υπερεθνικισμός (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · fr bellicisme (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · he לְאֻוּמָּנוּת (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · pt jingoísmo (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · sk hurávlastenectvo (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · ru джингои́зм (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · bg джингоизъм (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · nl hoerapattriotisme (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ko 주전론 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · pt patriotagem (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · pl jingoizm (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · ru казённый патриоти́зм (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · es jingoísmo (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ru ла́потный патриоти́зм (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · pl hurrapatriotyzm (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · pt patriotagem (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ko 징고이즘 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ka ურა-პატრიოტიზმი (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · ka ჯინგოიზმი (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · fi yltiöisänmaallisuus (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.) · tr jingoizm (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · cmn 沙文主義 /沙文主义 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · fi yltiöisänmaallisuus (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · fr jingoïsme (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · cmn 主戰論 /主战论 (extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy) · cmn 極端愛國主義的評論 /极端爱国主义的评论 (jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.)