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

The fear is patriotism will veer into jingoism in the galleries.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

Suede quickly dissociated from Britpop when it curdled into something the band couldn’t recognize; something that, to the group, resembled a kind of jingoism.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

I recommend reading the graphic novel series Three, which tells the story of Helot liberation and is a welcome corrective to the jingoism of 300.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024

They mostly don't think anything about jingoism or the war, except that they hope their boys won't go, and that the Keyser must be an 'ard-'earted man.

From Non-combatants and Others by Macaulay, Rose, Dame