Meaning & use
jingoism
Extreme, aggressive patriotism marked by a readiness to support hostile or warlike foreign policy.
See it in a sentence
Newspapers stoked jingoism by printing exaggerated stories about the enemy's threats.
The senator warned that jingoism was clouding the public's judgment about the costs of war.
A note on using this word
Jingoism is always negative and implies excessive, belligerent nationalism, unlike ordinary patriotism or national pride.
Words with a similar meaning
chauvinismwarmongering
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Words with an opposite meaning
pacifism
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