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 Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 Populism is gaining strength in both countries, fanning the flames of jingoism. Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024 Worth it just for the scene in which the vampires descend on a bar and defenestrate every vestige of yeehaw, good ol’ boy American jingoism. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024 Verhoeven was over-the-top in his depiction of the military jingoism and propaganda, fetishized costumes, and highlighted Nazi influences. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for jingoism
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Noun
  • But even more than a cartographic tweak, Trump's focus on geographical names has tapped into the deep currents driving territorial disputes around the world for centuries: nationalism, authority, historical memory and cultural identity.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 May 2025
  • Other forms of Canadian nationalism and anti-American sentiment flourish.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 7 May 2025
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  • Imagine a world where treating each other with dignity is a mark of patriotism, a measure of our national well-being and an indicator of future potential.
    Timothy Shriver, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
  • Uprooting this ideology seems rather a distant prospect — at least on these shores, where plastic straws, as we have lately been told, are not only functionally superior to their biodegradable counterparts, but must be understood as essential props to patriotism.
    Ian Volner, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Jews and other immigrants from southern and eastern Europe were disproportionately targeted, highlighting the cultural affinities between anti-radicalism and racial and ethnic chauvinism.
    Rick Baldoz, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
  • 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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“Jingoism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoism. Accessed 17 May. 2025.

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