Jingoism - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Jingoism :  (noun)
1: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: flag waving]
2: fanatical patriotism [syn: chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Jingoism : \Jin"go*ism\, n. The policy of the Jingoes, so called. See Jingo, 2. [Cant, Eng.]

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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