jingoistic
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- 20
- Words With Friends
- 25
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- 10
/ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/
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/ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡəʊˈɪst.ɪk/ · /ˌd͡ʒɪŋ.ɡoʊˈɪst.ɪk/
Definition of jingoistic
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Overly patriotic or nationalistic, often with an element of favouring war or an aggressive foreign policy.
“My editorial angered both the jingoistic war hawks and the anti-war protesters.”
“The truth is that all classes—Christian and non-Christian—have yielded fatally to the pernicious interpretation which interested politicians, soldiers, manufacturers, and Jingoistic writers have put on the real economic needs of the country.”
“All this jingoistic bombast, however, was directed toward defending, not so much the national vernacular as the national belles lettres.”
“If we continue to be limited to our exceedingly fragile existence on spaceship Earth, a natural disaster or our own jingoistic or ecological foolhardiness is almost certain to terminate our existence perhaps centuries or millenia^([sic – meaning millennia]) from today.”
“But are these Olympics also destined to become a jingoistic, flag-waving convention, a world-alienating Patriot Games?”
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Etymology
From jingo + -istic.
Words you can make from jingoistic
130 playable · top: JINGOIST (16 pts)
Best play jingoist 16 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
23 words4-letter words
39 words- GOJI 12 pts
- JIGS 12 pts
- JOGS 12 pts
- JINS 11 pts
- JOIN 11 pts
- JOTS 11 pts
- CIGS 7 pts
- COGS 7 pts
- CION 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- COIN 6 pts
- CONI 6 pts
- CONS 6 pts
- COST 6 pts
- COTS 6 pts
- ICON 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- SCOT 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- NOGS 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- SNOG 5 pts
- SONG 5 pts
- TING 5 pts
- TOGS 5 pts
- TONG 5 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- INTO 4 pts
- IONS 4 pts
- NISI 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- SNOT 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TONS 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- JIG 11 pts
- JOG 11 pts
- JIN 10 pts
- JOT 10 pts
- CIG 6 pts
- COG 6 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- CON 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- GOS 4 pts
- GOT 4 pts
- NOG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- TOG 4 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ION 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NOS 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- ONS 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SON 3 pts
- SOT 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
2-letter words
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