Jingoism
（重定向自Spreadeagleism）
![The American War-Dog, a 1916 political cartoon by Oscar Cesare, with the dog named 'Jingo'](/Images/godic/202502/12/The_American_War-Dog_by_Oscar_Cesare_19160228.jpg")
Jingoism is patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy. Jingoism also refers to a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests. Colloquially, it refers to excessive bias in judging one's own country as superior to others—an extreme type of nationalism.