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'''Jingoism''' is a term used to describe extreme patriotism, especially in the form of a warlike foreign policy.<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=jingoism&x=0&y=0</ref> The term is often derogatory. The foreign policy of the United States has been described as jingoist on occasions in history, most recently in criticisms of [[neoconservative]] warmongers in the Iraq, Afghan, Syrian, Libyan, and Ukraine wars.
'''Jingoism''' is a term used to describe extreme [[patriotism]], especially in the form of a warlike [[foreign policy]].<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=jingoism&x=0&y=0</ref> The term is often derogatory. The foreign policy of the [[United States]] has been described as jingoist on occasions in history, most recently in criticisms of [[neoconservative]] [[warmonger]]s in the [[Iraq]], [[Afghan]], [[Syria]]n, [[Libya]]n, and [[Ukraine war]]s.
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A good example of jingoism is the history of [[Nazi Germany]]. They were so convinced that they were superior in every way, that they moved to spread this across [[Europe]] by subjugating it under their tyrannical rule.
A good example of jingoism is the history of [[Nazi Germany]]. They were so convinced that they were superior in every way, that they moved to spread this across [[Europe]] by subjugating the continent under their tyrannical rule.
The word ''“jingo”'' is a British English form of “golly”, “gosh”, “gee” etc. and is always part of the term “by jingo!”. The term found its way into a music hall song, topical during the Turko-Russian War in the late 1870s when British anti-Russian sentiment was still strong after the [[Crimean War]] less than a generation before.
The word ''“jingo”'' is a British English form of “golly”, “gosh”, “gee” etc. and is always part of the term “by jingo!”. The term found its way into a music hall song, topical during the Turko-Russian War in the late 1870s when British anti-Russian sentiment was still strong after the [[Crimean War]] less than a generation before.