jingoisms
jingoisms is the plural of jingoism.
Meaning of jingoism
Noun
jingoism (countable and uncountable, plural jingoisms)
- Excessive 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 2023
- 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
- Chauvinism.
Questions about jingoisms
- What is jingoisms the plural of?
- Jingoisms is the plural of jingoism.
Words near jingoisms in the dictionary
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