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jingoism

Noun

IPA /ˈdʒɪŋɡəʊɪzəm/

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Aggressive support for your own country, especially support for war against others.

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jingoism/ˈdʒɪŋɡəʊɪzəm/

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Affection for one's country
Aggressive calls for war against others

Jingoism means aggressive nationalism, rather than ordinary affection for a country.

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The class analysed how the poster used jingoism to encourage support for war.

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jingoism — Aggressive support for your own country, especially support for war against others.

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Aggressive support for your own country, especially support for war against others.

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Formed from jingo and -ism; the political use of jingo grew from a nineteenth-century British music-hall song.

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Jingoistic is the related adjective: a jingoistic speech.

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