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Jingoistic

Jingoistic meaning

Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.

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I think we will be spared that Derry naval base, but in other respects jingoistic prancing on the world stage will still rule.

The National Centre for Social Research’s British social attitudes survey shows a country that has become less nationalistic and jingoistic and, most sharply, less “proud” or “very proud” of British history.

When people hear the term “American exceptionalism,” they tend to think of a jingoistic expression dished out by crass pundits who see the United States’ culture, morals, or broader position in the world as superior to other nations.

Why are we so insistent on getting worked up over jingoistic rhetoric?

Jingoistic claptrap!': Woke brigade refuses to accept.

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, also described the education secretary’s remarks as “jingoistic nonsense”, adding: “This is the guy is the person responsible for education in our country and that is the problem.

In fact, India is caught up in a tidal wave of war hysteria, shaped in part by the macho posturing of its political and military leaders and fired up the wild imagination of its jingoistic media.

In what’s almost certainly a deliberate misdirect, the first couple of episodes, with their generous smatterings of words such as ‘kaafir’ (infidel) and ‘gaddaar’ (traitor), make the show considerably more jingoistic than it actually is.

The Buddhist monk, who self-styles himself the “Burmese bin Laden,” has for years used his social media perch to disseminate anti-Muslim hate speech, jingoistic sermons and virulent rumors about the stateless Rohingya minority.

The Hollywood Reporter really gave the game away: “Most notable is the film’s refusal to engage in the expected jingoistic self-celebration that such a milestone would seem to demand.

He has been criticized as being a racist and jingoistic character, especially in the early entries in the series, and gives voice to anti- Asian sentiments.

However, in the US, his words were recast as a jingoistic boast that he would literally dictate peace terms at the White House.

Jingoistic national pride played a major role: for example, at a time when Germany was still disarmed and France was Britain's only European rival, Trenchard boasted, "the French in a bombing duel would probably squeal before we did".

The Pakistani textbook "Primary Stage English" includes lessons such as "Pakistan My Country", "Our Flag", or "Our Great Leader" (Malik 1993: 5,6,7) which might well sound jingoistic to Western ears.

The WSPU, in comparison, was called jingoistic as a result of its leaders' strong support for the war.

This hour-long film contradicted the view of Elgar as a jingoistic and bombastic composer, and evoked the more pastoral and melancholy side of his character and music.