jingoism
Example Sentences
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Without resorting to jingoism or over-sentimentality, he began to write with increasing tenderness about his native country—its climate, its countryside, its particular temperament.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Lest we forget, the Iraq War–era jingoism that inflected American pop culture at the time was also a fundamental motif of the 2000s internet.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
The fear is patriotism will veer into jingoism in the galleries.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
The song’s lyrics timelessly encapsulate Main Street patriotism without flag-hugging jingoism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2020
When we reached London we found no idle boasting, no vainglorious jingoism.
From With the Allies by Davis, Richard Harding
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.