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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessciovinista
Pronunciation / Transliteration: shoh-vee-nees-tah
"Il partito ha adottato una posizione sciovinista."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Characterized by extreme, aggressive patriotism, especially in the form of an aggressive or hostile foreign policy.
"The politician's jingoistic speech inflamed tensions between the two neighboring countries." - 2
Excessively biased in favor of one's own country and contemptuous of other nations.
"A wave of jingoistic fervor swept through the media following the international dispute."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'jingo', which originated from a popular British music hall song in 1878 during the Russo-Turkish War containing the phrase 'by Jingo'. The term quickly came to describe aggressive, bellicose patriotism, and the adjective form emerged shortly thereafter to characterize policies or attitudes marked by chauvinistic nationalism.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Jingoistic" is said worldwide
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chauviniste
Transliteration: shoh-vee-neest
"Le discours belliqueux était profondément chauviniste."
chauvinistisch
Transliteration: chow-vi-nis-tish
"Seine chauvinistischen Äußerungen stießen auf viel Kritik."
sciovinista
Transliteration: shoh-vee-nees-tah
"Il partito ha adottato una posizione sciovinista."
chovinista
Transliteration: choh-vee-nees-tah
"La retórica chovinista no ayuda a resolver el conflicto."
chovinista
Transliteration: shoh-vee-nees-tah
"Ele fez comentários chovinistas durante a entrevista."
राष्ट्रान्ध
Transliteration: rashtrandh
"उसका राष्ट्रान्ध भाषण युद्ध का कारण बन सकता है।"
沙文主义的
Transliteration: shā wén zhǔ yì de
"这种沙文主义的态度不利于国际合作。"
국수주의적인
Transliteration: guk-su-ju-ui-jeok-in
"그 정치인의 국수주의적인 발언은 큰 파장을 일으켰다."
狂信的国粋主義の
Transliteration: kyōshinteki kokusui shugi no
"彼の狂信的国粋主義の発言は非難を浴びた。"
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