Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Excessively and aggressively patriotic: Characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy. It often implies a belligerent belief in national superiority and a readiness to advocate for or engage in military conflict.

Usage

• As an adjective modifying a noun: Used to describe people, attitudes, rhetoric, policies, or actions that are marked by extreme, often bellicose, patriotism.
• Typical contexts: Political discourse, historical analysis, media criticism, and discussions of nationalism and foreign policy.

Examples

• The leader's jingoistic speeches rallied the population but alarmed neighboring countries.
• The newspaper was accused of promoting a jingoistic worldview during the crisis.
• His views moved from patriotic to dangerously jingoistic.

Advanced Usage

• "jingoistic fervor": A state of intense, aggressive patriotic excitement.
  • The country was swept up in a wave of jingoistic fervor following the attack.
• "jingoistic rhetoric": Language or speech that is aggressively nationalistic.
  • Politicians often use jingoistic rhetoric to simplify complex international issues.

Variants and Related Words

• Jingoism (n): The policy, practice, or spirit of being jingoistic; extreme patriotism.
  • The era was defined by rampant jingoism and imperial expansion.
• Jingo (n, archaic): A person who professes jingoistic beliefs.
  • The jingos in parliament clamored for war.

Synonyms

• Chauvinistic: Demonstrating excessive or prejudiced loyalty or support for one's own group, especially one's country.
• Nationalistic: Having strong patriotic feelings, often with a belief in the superiority of one's own nation.
• Bellicose: Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.
• Flag-waving (idiomatic): Ostentatiously expressing patriotic sentiment.

Antonyms

• Pacifistic: Opposed to war or violence as a means of settling disputes.
• Internationalist: Advocating for cooperation and understanding between nations.
• Cosmopolitan: Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; not narrow-minded.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "My country, right or wrong": A phrase that encapsulates a jingoistic attitude, implying blind loyalty to one's nation regardless of its actions.
  • His approach to foreign policy was a classic case of "my country, right or wrong."

Adjective

1. fanatically patriotic