as in nationalism
excessive favoritism towards one's own country
his loudmouthed jingoism will not win us any foreign allies
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Recent Examples of jingoism
Shaman, a singer whose pro-Kremlin jingoism has catapulted him to popularity amid wartime fervor, was scheduled to take the stage a day later.
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Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
In hindsight, 2003 was an omen of the toxic mix of jingoism and patriarchy that was to come.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
Well, the main thing is that all of us, both Dozhd and Navalny, were not sure if we were still needed—in 2014 Putin occupied Crimea, Russia was overwhelmed by a wave of jingoism.
—TIME, 18 Feb. 2024
Much of this was done in the spirit of defensive jingoism.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
In hindsight, 2003 was an omen of the toxic mix of jingoism and patriarchy that was to come.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
Well, the main thing is that all of us, both Dozhd and Navalny, were not sure if we were still needed—in 2014 Putin occupied Crimea, Russia was overwhelmed by a wave of jingoism.
—TIME, 18 Feb. 2024
Much of this was done in the spirit of defensive jingoism.
—Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingoism
Noun
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Buoyed by great reviews, a prime release date during the Lunar New Year and a booming sense of nationalism, ticket sales are projected to reach $2.09 billion by the end of the film’s run, according to China’s box office ticketing agency Maoyan.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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Many Germans see the AfD’s immigration policies as racist and fear that its brand of nationalism shares too many echoes of the Nazi past.—
Mark Sappenfield,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Those Republican senators who bent to the president’s will and chose their own future over the future of their country are no longer patriots, as the definition of patriotism is to make choices for your country over yourself.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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American chauvinism and solipsism leads them to believe every country would love to join America.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Jingoism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoism. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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