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jingoism

UK/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəʊɪz(ə)m/US/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡəʊɪz(ə)m/
nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Jingoism is loud aggressive pride in your own country. Accused of jingoism.

It comes from a music hall song of 1878 with the line by jingo in it. Jingoism differs from patriotism by wanting somebody else to lose.

en:Oscar Cesare · Public domain

Definitions of jingoism

  1. 1nounjingoismLoud aggressive pride in your own country.C2

    “The jingoism of the coverage embarrassed even its own readers.”

jingoism is a feeling.

Where it comes from

From jingo + -ism.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

jingoism in the wild

  • The title refers to the concept of jingoism.

    Jingo (novel)

  • The episode has been called a commentary on jingoism, and a parody of the "media crusade".

    BoJack Hates the Troops

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.