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Meaning of "jingoist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JINGOIST

jingoist  [ˈdʒɪnɡəʊɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JINGOIST

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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jingoist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES JINGOIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

jingoist

Jingoism

Jingoism is patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy. Jingoism also refers to a country's advocation of the use of threats or actual force against peaceful relations, either economic or political, with other countries in order to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others—an extreme type of nationalism. The term originated in Britain, expressing a pugnacious attitude toward Russia in the 1870s, and appeared in the American press by 1893.

Definition of jingoist in the English dictionary

The definition of jingoist in the dictionary is a supporter of extreme nationalism; a chauvinist.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JINGOIST


altoist
ˈæltəʊɪst
Averroist
ˌævəˈrəʊɪst
banjoist
ˈbændʒəʊɪst
bongoist
ˈbɒŋɡəʊɪst
Castroist
ˈkæstrəʊɪst
echoist
ˈekəʊɪst
egoist
ˈiːɡəʊɪst
hylozoist
ˌhaɪləˈzəʊɪst
judoist
ˈdʒuːdəʊɪst
oboist
ˈəʊbəʊɪst
piccoloist
ˈpɪkələʊɪst
poloist
ˈpəʊləʊɪst
Shintoist
ˈʃɪntəʊɪst
soloist
ˈsəʊləʊɪst
sumoist
ˈsuːməʊɪst
superegoist
ˌsuːpərˈiːɡəʊɪst
tangoist
ˈtæŋɡəʊɪst
Titoist
ˈtiːtəʊɪst
torpedoist
tɔːˈpiːdəʊɪst
zoist
ˈzəʊɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JINGOIST

jingal
jingbang
Jingdezhen
Jinghis Khan
jingle
jingle shell
jingler
jinglet
jingly
jingo
jingoish
jingoistic
jingoistically
Jinja
Jinjiang
jinjili
jink
jinker
jinks
jinn

WORDS THAT END LIKE JINGOIST

euroist
foist
frescoist
Hills Hoist
hoist
hyloist
joist
Maoist
moist
quoist
rolled-steel joist
semimoist
Taoist
tattooist
trimmer joist
uphoist
voodooist

Synonyms and antonyms of jingoist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jingoist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JINGOIST

Find out the translation of jingoist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jingoist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jingoist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙文主义者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jingoist
570 millions of speakers

English

jingoist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

jingoist
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

jingoist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шовинистской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jingoist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jingoist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chauvin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jingoist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jingoist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jingoist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jingoist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jingoist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

jingoist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jingoist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जिंगोइस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jingoist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciovinista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jingoist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шовіністського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șovinist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jingoist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jingoïste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jingoist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jingoist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jingoist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JINGOIST»

The term «jingoist» is normally little used and occupies the 133.758 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JINGOIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jingoist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jingoist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jingoist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JINGOIST»

Discover the use of jingoist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jingoist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and ...
Even jingoist members of McKinley's own party, Roosevelt in particular, were frustrated by the president's reluctance to go to war. Eventually, however, the president would bow to public and political pressure, and the United States would ...
Spencer Tucker, 2009
2
Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked ...
This book blends international relations and gender history to provide a new understanding of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars.
Kristin L. Hoganson, 1998
3
Villains - Jingoist Villains: Communists, Fascists, Nazis, ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia.
Source Wikia, 2011
4
Garner's Modern American Usage
See chauvinism (b) & jingoist. jingoist; jingo. The former has come to displace the latter as the agent noun corresponding to jingoism. A jingoist is a belligerent patriot and nationalist who favors an aggressive foreign policy. The word almost ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
5
The Left at War
gang of violent patriarchal theocrats—and, remembering that discretion is sometimes the better part of valor, they could have blunted the degree to which the attacks became, in Chomsky's words, “a gift to the hard jingoist right” by pointing out ...
Michael F. Bérubé, 2009
6
The Subaltern Ulysses
40 In "Scylla and Charybdis" Stephen would criticize Shakespeare's history plays as jingoist, "sail[ing] fullbellied on a tide of Mafeking enthusiasm" (U 168); his critique of the most venerated texts in the British canon can be turned back onto ...
Enda Duffy, 1994
7
Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America
Even jingoist members of McKinley's own party, Theodore Roosevelt in particular , were frustrated by the president's reluctance to go to war. Eventually, however, the president would bow to public and political pressure and the United States ...
Martin J. Manning, Clarence R. Wyatt, 2011
8
Sophistry and Twentieth-century Art
Advertisements and jingoist slogans are evidently a manner of seducing the person seeing the advertisement or hearing the slogan to purchase or to relate favorably to a particular object or group of objects. Quite often the two realms blend, ...
Ḥayim Gordon, Rivca Gordon, 2002
9
Email Connectors and Mr. Hogue's Wisdom
A patriot can be a flag-waver, jingo or a jingoist or a chauvinist. I really suggest that you use your dictionary when you are not quite sure of the word meanings that We presented in this essay. Most people like being called a patriot while others ...
Dale Hogue, 2008
10
Aristophanes: Four Comedies
the jingoist policies of KLEOPHON, q.v. He apparently had a lowly job in the Public Baths. KLEISI'HENES: A beardless, effeminate person apparently a naval officer; in TH his function is that of a Women's Advocate (EpoQOGVOs), and ...
‎2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JINGOIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jingoist is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Iran nuclear Deal, Restoring Cuba-US Relations And Stand Against …
... getting tired of the emergence of an arrogant, jingoist, populist and extremist America where there was no room for any meaningful dialogue. «South Asian Link, Jul 15»
2
Patriotism or jingoism?
He is neither a jingoist nor a neutralist, as Robert Koons says. Both the jingoist and the neutralist are anti-patriots. A patriot is to a jingoist what a dissenter is to a ... «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jul 15»
3
Nigeria must “kill” NNPC – el-Rufai
zacchaeus Akinleye. You are a rabid ethnic jingoist, who gets a kick from pouting baseless insinuations. Nigeria does not belong only to the ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»
4
Memo To President Buhari: Why Media Perception Matters By Dayo …
President Buhari was seen as a religious zealot, ethnic jingoist, a parochial northern irredentist and many other sad metaphors. And all these ... «SaharaReporters.com, Jul 15»
5
Wallowing In Ethnic Ignorance
These pathetic self imposed ethnic jingoist/supremacists are predominant amongst the so called three major ethnic groups in Nigeria who ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
6
All Quiet On The Western Front (Blu-ray)
The film opens on him and several of his schoolmates in the presence of a stern, jingoist professor, Kantorek (Donald Pleasence), who ... «DVD Talk, Jul 15»
7
Donald the victim
Granted, he probably meant only the illegal ones, but the unvarnished, jingoist bigotry evident in his rhetoric has cost him untold millions in ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Canadian hog farmers and Congress want to repeal a consumer …
We looked into the vote in question and found an interesting story of international trade disputes, riled up Canadian hog farmers, and "jingoist ... «PolitiFact, Jul 15»
9
`The defining moment'
Those who are in the core of such extremely delicate issues sound restraint and talk sense, but unfortunately the jingoist Indian media and ... «GreaterKashmir.com, Jul 15»
10
The Naga insurgency and the 'idea of India'
The jingoist jubilation by sections of the Indian public, media and government has not gone down well. The Myanmar government too has ... «Asia Times, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Jingoist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/jingoist>. May 2024 ».
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