Standard Lemma guide

jingoistic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡoʊˈɪst.ɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɪstɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IH0 NG G OW0 IH1 S T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

fanatically patriotic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving(a), nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English jingo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō 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.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جنغوي — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Finnish: kansalliskiihkoinen — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • French: cocardier — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • French: chauvin — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • German: hurrapatriotisch — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • German: chauvinistisch — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • German: ultranationalistisch — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Greek: σοβινιστικός (sovinistikós) — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Polish: hurrapatriotyczny — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Polish: jingoistyczny — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Spanish: jingoísta — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Spanish: patriotero — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Swedish: chauvinistisk — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Swedish: storsvensk — overly patriotic or nationalistic
  • Swedish: yverboren — overly patriotic or nationalistic