jingoism
extreme nationalism
TRANSLATION
der Hurra-Patriotismus
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"Where has all the jingoism gone? The word was made famous by a music-hall song, written in response to another Eastern crisis in 1877:
We don’t want to fight / But by jingo if we do / We’ve got the ships / We’ve got the men / And got the money too."
(Mick Hume - Times-Online - 12th Nov 2001)
We don’t want to fight / But by jingo if we do / We’ve got the ships / We’ve got the men / And got the money too."
(Mick Hume - Times-Online - 12th Nov 2001)
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jingoism
Is the extreme belief that your own country is always best, which is often shown in enthusiastic support for a war against another country.
Etymology:
It has been suggested that it might actually derive from Basque for "God", Jinko or Jainko.
Note:
You may be interested to know that in 2001, the the word JINGOISM was the 9th most frequently looked up word in the Cambridge Dictionaries Online (out of almost 15 million searches)
Synonyms:
flag waving, chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism
Antonyms:
broad-mindedness, impartiality, liberality, objectivity
jingoism
Is the extreme belief that your own country is always best, which is often shown in enthusiastic support for a war against another country.
Etymology:
It has been suggested that it might actually derive from Basque for "God", Jinko or Jainko.
Note:
You may be interested to know that in 2001, the the word JINGOISM was the 9th most frequently looked up word in the Cambridge Dictionaries Online (out of almost 15 million searches)
Synonyms:
flag waving, chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism
Antonyms:
broad-mindedness, impartiality, liberality, objectivity
