as in nationalism
excessive favoritism towards one's own country
his loudmouthed jingoism will not win us any foreign allies
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Recent Examples of jingoism
The positive feelings people have toward their community translate directly into civic engagement, without the risk of increasing negative feelings such as jingoism or xenophobia.
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Sean Richey,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
The series undermines its own points about the dangers of miscommunication and jingoism by fixating on the same untoward details that tabloids were obsessing over years before.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
Instead of promoting jingoism and xenophobia, leaders should appeal to people’s innate in-group tendencies in ways that incentivize cooperation, accountability, and care for one’s fellow humans.
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Robert Sapolsky,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2019
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Sean Richey,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.
—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
The series undermines its own points about the dangers of miscommunication and jingoism by fixating on the same untoward details that tabloids were obsessing over years before.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
Instead of promoting jingoism and xenophobia, leaders should appeal to people’s innate in-group tendencies in ways that incentivize cooperation, accountability, and care for one’s fellow humans.
—
Robert Sapolsky,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Feb. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jingoism
Noun
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For Kai Schwemmer, who is the national political director for the College Republicans of America as well as Utah County’s deputy elections clerk, embracing overtly racial nationalism isn’t just good in itself.
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Historian Yuval Harari argues the need for a form of nationalism, not the nationalism of exclusion and hate, but one of care for all the tribes of a nation.
Noun
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Some say displaying the flag is more about peer pressure than patriotism.
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For Germans, displays of patriotism are broadly considered gauche, owing to the enduring national guilt from World War II.
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The young Forster recoiled from the school’s culture of authoritarianism and militaristic chauvinism, which may have found expression in the students’ often appalling attitudes toward their own mothers.
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Her stories are well-told, relevant and often searing, detailing an elementary-school teacher’s slight, a hometown swimming-pool reckoning and chauvinism from an Ivy League club.
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“Jingoism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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