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What does jingoism mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism, especially with regards to foreign policy.
  2. (countable) A jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
  3. (uncountable) Chauvinism.
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So it would be a dire mistake to allow, by default, jingoism to become synonymous with patriotism and the American spirit.
It could be construed as proof of the decline of society into simple jingoism.
And even in terms of depicting war, this movie is path-breaking in terms of using minimal jingoism.
We cannot afford misrepresentation of the facts, jingoism and warmongering in the media.
Advani's personal stamp on Hindutva is the shift he engineered in its strategy from cultural nationalism to religious jingoism.
It has sparked debate in the US over whether the highly patriotic tone crossed the line into jingoism.

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