jingoism

3 definitions found

jingoism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

jingoism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

jingoism - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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