Definition of Jingoistic

1. Adjective. Fanatically patriotic.


Definition of Jingoistic

1. Adjective. Overly patriotic or nationalistic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jingoistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jingoistic

jinglers
jingles
jinglet
jinglets
jinglier
jingliest
jingling
jinglingly
jingly
jingo
jingoes
jingoish
jingoism
jingoisms
jingoist
jingoistic (current term)
jingoistically
jingoists
jingoize
jingoized
jingoizing
jings
jinjili
jinjilis
jink
jinked
jinker
jinkers
jinkier
jinkies

Literary usage of Jingoistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918 (1920)
"All of these noble and lofty purposes have been ignored in the majority report or treated with sarcastic disdain or jingoistic contempt. ..."

2. Two War Years in Constantinople by Harry Stuermer (1917)
"of his being a jingoistic Pan-Turk. He may simulate Pro-French feelings again and play them as the trump card in his surely approaching decisive struggle ..."

3. Americanization Studies by Allen Tibbals Burns (1922)
"Although rabidly pro-German and jingoistic to the core, ... the paper would have ranked as an extremely reactionary and jingoistic organ even in Hungary. ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"The book performs an important service in clearing away many false impressions derived in both countries from jingoistic articles, lurid films, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... the vigorous reassertion of the sanctity of the Monroe Doctrine by the jingoistic senators in the United States can rest only upon two foundations, ..."

6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"... States and the Orient and counteracting jingoistic cries for war with Japan. His commercial brethren of the Pacific Coast have pledged their recognition ..."

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