Jingoism
Main Entry: jin·go·ism
Pronunciation: 'ji[ng]-(")gO-"i-z&m
Function: noun
Date: 1878
: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
- jin·go·ist /-ist/ noun or adjective
- jin·go·is·tic /"ji[ng]-gO-'is-tik/ adjective
- jin·go·is·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
1) In order to have a conducive condition for their activities,
their media has to create an atmosphere of obssesive
nationalism and paranoia of foreign elements, jingoism that
used to work in the 80's and early 90's.
2) "El Nino? Banjir? ini mesti plot US ni"
"We are too good to be true, that is why other countries
are jelaous of us and try to sabotage us"
"We want to build the tallest this and biggest that, longest
blah blah" when orang kampung are still not developed and
social ills are rampant.
"We don't need foreign help, in fact we'll toss some aid to
our neigbours to prove that we are not hurting"