Find the word definition

Crossword clues for jingoistic

jingoistic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
jingoistic

jingoistic \jin`go*ist"ic\, a.

  1. fanatically and bellicosely patriotic; aggressively chauvinistic; belligerent in international relations.

    Syn: chauvinistic, flag-waving(prenominal), nationalistic, superpatriotic.

  2. Given to expressing partisan sentiments in slogans, especially belligerently patriotic views.

Wiktionary
jingoistic

a. Overly patriotic or nationalistic.

WordNet
jingoistic

adj. fanatically patriotic [syn: chauvinistic, flag-waving(a), nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic]

Usage examples of "jingoistic".

Is this propaganda mostly anti-Hun and jingoistic flag-waving as in the last war, or is it more anti-Fascist?

He called for the outlawing of the Communist Party, protection of the American home, and a return to rationalism in education which he defined as readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic and a particularly offensive jingoistic patriotism.

Whenever an officer was determined to be definitely militaristic, jingoistic, a potential sadist, he was placed in a key position over forces actually ready to exert armed force.

This is the essence of liberal admiration for Europeans and their pompous cultural snobbery: For proof that Americans are jingoistic hicks, they cite a Nazi.

Lunch was predictably jingoistic: _rosbif, boudin Yorkshire, choux de bruxelles_.

Spike and Abu bumped into each other outside the Fontainebleu Hotel, where a jingoistic presidential candidate was ranting about the need to reduce Soviet influence in the Middle East.