jingoism; noun extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy Example Sentence: Albert Einstein was a pacifist who found German jingoism, with its ultra-nationalistic ideology and militaristic policy, so objectionable that he left...
occiput; noun the back part of the head or skull Example Sentence: “So let me suggest that everyone put away their pitchforks and firebrands and stop trying to ‘bury the hatchet’ by planting it in the other fellow’s occiput.” (Allan Falk,...
jingoism; noun extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy Example Sentence: Albert Einstein was a pacifist who found German jingoism, with its ultra-nationalistic ideology and militaristic policy, so objectionable that he left...
jingoism • \JING-goh-is-uhm\ • noun extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy Example Sentence: Albert Einstein was a pacifist who found German jingoism, with its ultra-nationalistic ideology and militaristic policy, so...
cupidity; noun inordinate desire for wealth : avarice, greed strong desire : lust Example Sentence: “This time, developing-world economies far from the pinstriped epicentres of mass cupidity are suffering massive collateral damage as the global downturn cuts...
whinge – verb to complain fretfully : whine Example Sentence: She urged her fellow workers to stop whinging about how they were victims of “the system” and to do something to change that system. Did you know? “Whinge” isn’t just a...
