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Meanings of jingoism in English

Russian
джингоизм
Portuguese
jingoísmo
Spanish
jingo
Wikidata

Patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy.

джингоизм
Portuguese
chauvinismo
Catalan
xovinisme
Spanish
chauvinismo

Fanatical patriotism.

chauvinismo
Catalan
patrioterisme

An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions.

patrioterisme
Synonyms
Examples for "flag waving"
Examples for "flag waving"
1
The flag waving over that citadel is the flag of the Cross.
Female Suffrage: A Letter to the Christian Women of America
2
A few more such, and we might have the red flag waving.
The Yellow Crayon
3
Tweet this Forget the flag waving, F1 is sport's most multicultural exponent.
The Guardian
4
He passed a store with a red auction flag waving in the doorway.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
5
The flag waving and the rhetoric have been exposed for all to see.
The Irish Times
Usage of jingoism in English
1
That war is remembered within the English language by one word: jingoism.
The Irish Times
2
Sometimes Ailes is a conservative warrior, an ideological stalwart spewing nationalistic jingoism.
News.com.au
3
When we reached London we found no idle boasting, no vainglorious jingoism.
With the Allies
4
It was the ultimate fruit of the jingoism of the previous years!
The Mark of the Beast
5
We were appalled by the first Iraq war, the jingoism, the petty nationalism.
The Guardian
6
There is jingoism in all countries, as there is pacifism in all countries.
The European Anarchy
7
This sort of jingoism may make electoral sense to Modi's people.
The Guardian
8
Dear, dear, ITV never fail to sadden me with their jingoism.
The Guardian
9
Thus in Germany, as elsewhere, even jingoism took the mask of necessary precaution.
The European Anarchy
10
This commemoration is devoid of the jingoism of the British equivalent, Remembrance Day.
The Irish Times
11
And he insults the intelligence of the British people with his tub-thumping jingoism.
The Guardian
12
Go yours, and take your little tinsel of jingoism with you.
A People's Man
13
Most often, war movies are terrible, corny affairs, riddled with inaccuracies and jingoism.
Wired
14
This is not a question of ''jingoism,'' whatever that may be.
New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
15
My kind-of-related question: is jingoism the most fun-sounding negative word in all of English?
The Guardian
16
What he offered instead was national, imperial ambition and jingoism.
BBC
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