JINGOISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jingoism mean? 

• JINGOISM (noun)
  The noun JINGOISM has 2 senses:

1. an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

2. fanatical patriotism

  Familiarity information: JINGOISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JINGOISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

flag waving; jingoism

Hypernyms ("jingoism" is a kind of...):

demagoguery; demagogy (impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace)

Derivation:

jingoist (an extreme bellicose nationalist)

jingoistic (fanatically patriotic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fanatical patriotism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chauvinism; jingoism; superpatriotism; ultranationalism

Hypernyms ("jingoism" is a kind of...):

nationalism; patriotism (love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it)

Derivation:

jingoist (an extreme bellicose nationalist)

jingoistic (fanatically patriotic)