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

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

Is it not strange that music-hall jingoism and chauvinisme should not only be expressed in the same manner, but by the very same words?

From English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by O'Rell, Max