jingoistic
/ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡoʊˈɪst.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
Example Sentences
- "My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters."
- "The truth is that all classes—Christian and non-Christian—have yielded fatally to the pernicious interpretation which interested politicians, soldiers, manufacturers, and Jingoistic writers have put on the real economic needs of the country."
- "All this jingoistic bombast, however, was directed toward defending, not so much the national vernacular as the national belles lettres."
- "If we continue to be limited to our exceedingly fragile existence on spaceship Earth, a natural disaster or our own jingoistic or ecological foolhardiness is almost certain to terminate our existence perhaps centuries or millenia^([sic – meaning millennia]) from today."
- "But are these Olympics also destined to become a jingoistic, flag-waving convention, a world-alienating Patriot Games?"
- "This approach plays fast and loose with ordinary people's livelihoods. Yet still, with jingoistic horns and trumpets drowning out the roar of the deep, the stampede towards the cliff's edge gathers pace."
Etymology
Etymology tree English jingo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English jingoistic From jingo + -istic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡoʊˈɪst.ɪk/
- British English: /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/
Inflected Forms
more jingoistic (comparative)
most jingoistic (superlative)