Jingoism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jingoism \jin"go*ism\, n.
     1. The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See {Jingo}, 2.
        [Cant, Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence: A bellicose patriotism; aggressive chauvinism;


        belligerence in international relations.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jingoism
       n 1: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: {flag
            waving}]
       2: fanatical patriotism [syn: {chauvinism}, {superpatriotism},
          {ultranationalism}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "jingoism":
     Americanism, Anglicism, Briticism, aggression, aggressiveness,
     antagonism, bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency,
     chauvinism, combativeness, contentiousness, ferocity, fierceness,
     fight, flag waving, flag-waving, hostility, love of country,
     martialism, militancy, militarism, nationalism, nationality,
     overpatriotism, patriotics, patriotism, pugnaciousness, pugnacity,
     quarrelsomeness, saber rattling, superpatriotism, truculence,
     ultranationalism, unfriendliness, unpeacefulness, warmongering,
     warpath