jingoism



Jingoism is an intense burst of national pride and the desire fro an aggressive foreign policy. Nationalism is similar to jingoism except nationalism is pride for one's nation when jingoism is EXTREME pride for one's country. The term jingo actually came from a long line of an old British song of the 1870s: " We don't want to fight, yet by Jingo!..."

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