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jingoisms

jingoisms is the plural of jingoism.

Meaning of jingoism

Noun

jingoism (countable and uncountable, plural jingoisms)

  1. (uncountable) 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
  2. (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
  3. (uncountable) Chauvinism.

Questions about jingoisms

What is jingoisms the plural of?
Jingoisms is the plural of jingoism.

Words near jingoisms in the dictionary

  1. jingo
  2. Jingodom
  3. jingoes
  4. jingoish
  5. jingoism
  6. jingoisms
  7. jingoist
  8. jingoistic
  9. jingoistically
  10. jingoists
  11. jingoize

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