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jin·go·ism

 (jĭng′gō-ĭz′əm)
n.
Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism.

jin′go·ist n.
jin′go·is′tic adj.
jin′go·is′ti·cal·ly adv.
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Noun1.jingoist - an extreme bellicose nationalist
nationalist, patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country
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The only balm on the wounded Kashmiri psyche will be to shut up the screaming jingoist anchors controlling multiple channels.
He's been called a sexist, misogynist, chauvinist, narcissist, fascist, nativist, corporatist, anti-Islamist, supremacist, conspiracist, jingoist (yes, I had to look that one up), egoist, alarmist, extremist, lover of a certain well-known communist and sadist.
One can understand that the intransigence of the Indian political and military elite through the overall emerging geo-strategic alignments, and the political culture based on jingoist nationalism, emerged after the rise of the BJP in India, day by day exacerbating the security situation in the Indian-occupied Kashmir, crossborder terrorism and severe ceasefire violations.
One can understand that the intransigence of Indian political and military elite through the overall emerging geo-strategic alignments, the political culture based on jingoist nationalism emerged after the rise BJP in India, day by day exacerbating security situation in the Indian occupied Kashmir, cross border terrorism and severe ceasefire violations.
The huge clamour to see India led by Virat Kohli take on Pakistan skippered by Sarfraz Ahmed underpins an increased jingoist polity in India under the Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Buhari, as I have pointed out in several previous columns, is a knee-jerk ethnic jingoist. He has a twisted idea of ethnic solidarity that embarrasses even many educated Fulani people.
The net result, as far as international optics are concerned, is that Imran came across as the cool and collected statesman, while Modi's image was that of a jingoist.
Voices are also being raised against jingoist Modi, former President Zardari said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi should restrain from disturbing peace in the region he said and added, voices were also being raised against jingoist Modi.
Leebaert is no jingoist like the flag-waving Brexiteers ignorant of history as they lead Britain over a cliff.
So jingoist television news anchors themselves seemed ready to go to war with Pakistan.
'There is way too much at stake here for this reductionist, regressive and jingoist narrative to be peddled as some form of patriotism and nationalism.