Jingoism
noun
Extreme support or loyalty for your own country, and a desire for aggressive foreign policy.
His speeches often reveal a sense of jingoism.
Often appears as...
- extreme jingoism
- display jingoism
noun
A feeling of strong national pride that often includes a belief that your own country is the best or most important.
The war was driven by jingoism more than any strategic importance.
Often appears as...
- promote jingoism
- expose jingoism
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
noun
Extreme support or loyalty for your own country, and a desire for aggressive foreign policy.
His speeches often reveal a sense of jingoism.
Often appears as...
- extreme jingoism
- display jingoism
noun
A feeling of strong national pride that often includes a belief that your own country is the best or most important.
The war was driven by jingoism more than any strategic importance.
Often appears as...
- promote jingoism
- expose jingoism
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Jingoism has a negative tone; it suggests overzealous or aggressive patriotism.
The politician faced criticism for his jingoism after advocating for unnecessary military action.
Pro Tip 2/3Foreign Policy Context
Often used in discussions on foreign policy to critique an aggressive stance rooted in national pride.
The senator's jingoism clouds his judgment on international affairs.
Pro Tip 3/3Misunderstood Patriotism
Jingoism is sometimes mistaken for healthy patriotism, but it's actually harmful and confrontational.
During the debate, his patriotic speech slipped into jingoism.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Jingoism has a negative tone; it suggests overzealous or aggressive patriotism.
The politician faced criticism for his jingoism after advocating for unnecessary military action.
Pro Tip 2/3Foreign Policy Context
Often used in discussions on foreign policy to critique an aggressive stance rooted in national pride.
The senator's jingoism clouds his judgment on international affairs.
Pro Tip 3/3Misunderstood Patriotism
Jingoism is sometimes mistaken for healthy patriotism, but it's actually harmful and confrontational.
During the debate, his patriotic speech slipped into jingoism.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Jingoism has a negative tone; it suggests overzealous or aggressive patriotism.
The politician faced criticism for his jingoism after advocating for unnecessary military action.
Pro Tip 2/3Foreign Policy Context
Often used in discussions on foreign policy to critique an aggressive stance rooted in national pride.
The senator's jingoism clouds his judgment on international affairs.
Pro Tip 3/3Misunderstood Patriotism
Jingoism is sometimes mistaken for healthy patriotism, but it's actually harmful and confrontational.
During the debate, his patriotic speech slipped into jingoism.
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My journey to thank all...
poverty worldwide has gone down. And that we should resist the temptation to retreat into our silos. And we should resist this upsurge in isolationism and jingoism. Which brings me to my final point.
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My journey to thank all...
poverty worldwide has gone down. And that we should resist the temptation to retreat into our silos. And we should resist this upsurge in isolationism and jingoism. Which brings me to my final point.
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Quote examples
Charles M. Blow
American Journalist
America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.
Quote examples
Morrissey
English Musician
I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.
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Peter Berg
American Actor
I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make the film accessible to a global audience. It felt like bringing an alien component to the film would help take the American jingoism out of it.
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.
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Bret Stephens
American Journalist
It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.
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Claire Danes
American Actress
Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.
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Claire Danes
American Actress
Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
Black Hawk Down' has such distinctive visual aplomb that its jingoism starts to feel like part of its atmosphere.
Quote examples
Charles M. Blow
American Journalist
America is not static. America is striving. And sometimes, America requires critique. Jingoism is an avoidance of realism. You can simultaneously love and be disappointed in the object of your love, wanting it to be better than it is. In fact, that is a measure of love. Honest critique is a pillar of patriotism.
Quote examples
Morrissey
English Musician
I am unable to watch the Olympics due to the blustering jingoism that drenches the event. Has England ever been quite so foul with patriotism? The 'dazzling royals' have, quite naturally, hi-jacked the Olympics for their own empirical needs, and no oppositional voice is allowed in the free press.
Quote examples
Peter Berg
American Actor
I did not want 'Battleship' to be perceived as an American war film. I wanted to do everything I could to make the film accessible to a global audience. It felt like bringing an alien component to the film would help take the American jingoism out of it.
Quote examples
Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
War isn't just about bravery and courage and jingoism and patriotism. It's also fundamentally about grief. And the people that go and do the fighting and the dying are never the people who actually benefit from the fighting and the dying.
Quote examples
Bret Stephens
American Journalist
It's easy to deprecate some of the puffery and jingoism that often go with affirmations of 'American greatness.' It's also easy to confuse greatness with perfection, as if evidence of our shortcomings is proof of our mediocrity.
Quote examples
Claire Danes
American Actress
Growing up in New York with artist parents - a very liberal environment, where we were always encouraged to challenge the status quo - I think for a long time I confused jingoism with patriotism. And that is a mistake.
Quote examples
Claire Danes
American Actress
Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism.
Quote examples
Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
Black Hawk Down' has such distinctive visual aplomb that its jingoism starts to feel like part of its atmosphere.
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