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 Verhoeven was over-the-top in his depiction of the military jingoism and propaganda, fetishized costumes, and highlighted Nazi influences. Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 On a war of old; the identity of Jimmy Lai; Judge Webster vs. Kash Patel; patriotism vs. jingoism; and more For many years after 2001, the New York City skyline was an affront to me. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025 Does the industry have its new Medium Cool moment, pushing back on a president who dubs anti-American any art that doesn’t fit his politics of jingoism and exclusion? Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025 Kavi Singh is a star of the genre known as Hindutva pop, a mixture of jingoism and danceable beats. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jingoism
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Noun
  • Hollywood has never been shy about mixing brash nationalism with over-the-top violence, a tendency best displayed in The Patriot when Mel Gibson rallies the Continental Army troops by waving a Betsy Ross flag, then uses that same flag to gore Jason Isaacs’s horse.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Another accused the owner of leaning into nationalism for profit.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • Over time, these tax evaders began reframing their tax resistance as a form of patriotism, a reversal of FDR’s fiscal patriotism.
    Made by History, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The missions became more intense as Japan's outlook grew more dire and the military showcased the sacrifice of the pilots to drum up patriotism and support for the war.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
  • American chauvinism and solipsism leads them to believe every country would love to join America.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Jingoism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jingoism. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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