jingoism

English

WOTD – 2 February 2006

Etymology

From jingo ‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəʊɪz(ə)m/

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Noun

jingoism (countable and uncountable, plural jingoisms)

1. (uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.
   • 1982 June 16, “Soviet Accuses British Of Jingoism in Victory”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Soviet reports today on the British victory in the Falkland Islands said a “new flare-up of jingoism” in Britain obscured the fact that the problem was far from solved.

   • 2017 September 23, Tom Phillips, quoting Orville Schell, “China finds its own Top Gun and Rambo in wave of patriotic movies”, in The Observer‎^[2], →ISSN:

     “When you see several dots on a page you begin to get a line of trajectory. These things mean something,” he said of the repeated displays of jingoism. “And I think what they mean is that China is back, it is powerful and it is not to be trifled with.”

2. (countable) A jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
   • 2010, Cintra Wilson, Caligula for President, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 20:

     Americans are now too overstimulated and spoiled by choices to be properly manipulated by the old rallies that used to boil nationalistic fervor—billowing flags, unctuous marching band music, and a white man in a dark suit speaking in comforting Judeo-Christian jingoisms.

   • 2020, Jack Fong, “Preface”, in Employing Nietzsche’s Sociological Imagination‎^[3], Lexington Books, →ISBN:

     At a time when the leaders of the “free” world can run systems in an authoritarian manner, replete with their jingoisms and subtexts of internal colonialism, it is rather urgent that we demystify democratism, […]

3. (uncountable) Chauvinism.

Synonyms

• chauvinism
• flagwaving

Related terms

• jingoist
• jingoistic
• jingoistically

Translations

extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy

• Armenian: ջինգոիզմ (ǰingoizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙文主義／沙文主义 (zh) (shāwénzhǔyì), 極端愛國主義／极端爱国主义 (jíduān àiguózhǔyì), 主戰論／主战论 (zhǔzhànlùn)

• Dutch: hoerapattriotisme
• Finnish: yltiöisänmaallisuus (fi)
• French: jingoïsme (fr) m, bellicisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ურა-პატრიოტიზმი (ura-ṗaṭrioṭizmi), ჯინგოიზმი (ǯingoizmi)
• German: Hurrapatriotismus (de) m, Jingoismus (de) m
• Greek: υπερεθνικοφροσύνη f (yperethnikofrosýni), υπερεθνικισμός m (yperethnikismós)
• Hebrew: לְאֻוּמָּנוּת (he) f (leumanút)
• Indonesian: jingoisme (id)
• Japanese: 主戦論 (ja) (しゅせんろん, shusenron), 狂信的愛国主義 (きょうしんてきあいこくしゅぎ, kyōshin-teki aikokushugi), ジンゴイズム (jingoizumu)
• Korean: 주전론(主戰論) (jujeollon), 징고이즘 (jinggoijeum)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: neteweperistî (ku) f

• Polish: hurrapatriotyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: patrioteirismo m, jingoísmo m, patriotagem f
• Russian: ура́-патриоти́зм (ru) m (urá-patriotízm), джингои́зм (ru) m (džingoízm), квасно́й патриоти́зм (ru) m (kvasnój patriotízm), ла́потный патриоти́зм (ru) m (lápotnyj patriotízm), казённый патриоти́зм m (kazjónnyj patriotízm)
• Spanish: patrioterismo (es) m, jingoísmo m, patriotería f
• Turkish: jingoizm

jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (attitude) 極端愛國主義的態度／极端爱国主义的态度 (jíduān àiguózhǔyì de tàidù), (comment) 極端愛國主義的評論／极端爱国主义的评论 (jíduān àiguózhǔyì de pínglùn)

• Czech: hurávlastenectví n
• Finnish: yltiöisänmaallisuus (fi)
• French: bellicisme (fr) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: patrioteirismo m, patriotagem f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: hurávlastenectvo n

chauvinism — see chauvinism

See also

• by jingo
• jingo
• hawkism
• ethnonationalism
• ultranationalism
• wrap in the flag