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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. An 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. | | '''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. An 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. |
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| − | After the seizure of the [[Philippines]] in 1898 the [[American foreign policy|foreign policy of the United States]] was described as jingoist, and more recently in criticism of the [[Liberal World Order]], [[NATO expansion]], and [[neoconservative]] [[warmonger]]ing in the [[Iraq]], [[Afghan]], [[Syria]]n, [[Libya]]n, and [[Ukraine war]]s. | + | The term was first used in America to criticize the [[foreign policy]] of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s handling of the [[Spanish-American War]]. After the seizure of the [[Philippines]] in 1898 the [[American foreign policy|foreign policy of the United States]] was described as jingoist, and more recently in criticism of the [[Liberal World Order]], [[NATO expansion]], and [[neoconservative]] [[warmonger]]ing in the [[Iraq]], [[Afghan]], [[Syria]]n, [[Libya]]n, and [[Ukraine war]]s. |
| | <!--[[Liberals]] have rarely used to the term to criticize Democratic Presidents' starting of wars, as in the cases of Democratic President [[Harry S Truman]] ([[Korean War]]) and Democratic President [[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[Vietnam War]]).--> | | <!--[[Liberals]] have rarely used to the term to criticize Democratic Presidents' starting of wars, as in the cases of Democratic President [[Harry S Truman]] ([[Korean War]]) and Democratic President [[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[Vietnam War]]).--> |
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| | + | ==Etymology== |
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| | 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 halls as ''McDermott's War Song'' 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.<ref>https://youtu.be/42AgsaNHbKs</ref> | | 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 halls as ''McDermott's War Song'' 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.<ref>https://youtu.be/42AgsaNHbKs</ref> |
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| | :::::''The [[Russia]]ns shall not have [[Constantinople]]!"'' | | :::::''The [[Russia]]ns shall not have [[Constantinople]]!"'' |
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| − | "Jingoism" was coined from the song. During that time, aggressive foreign policy was popularly known in the United States as ''spread-eagleism''. The term was first used in America to describe the foreign policy of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s handling of the [[Spanish-American War]]. | + | "Jingoism" was coined from the song. During that time, aggressive foreign policy was popularly known in the United States as ''spread-eagleism''. |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |