As nouns the difference between zealot and jingoism
is that zealot is one who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic while jingoism is (uncountable) excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism especially with regards to foreign policy.
zealot
Noun
(
en noun)
One who is zealous, one who is full of zeal for his own specific beliefs or objectives, usually in the negative sense of being too passionate; a fanatic
(historical) A member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent in the first century, who advocated the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisted the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to convert the Jews.
(historical) A member of an anti-aristocratic political group in Thessalonica from 1342 until 1350.
Quotations
* 1733': For modes of faith, let graceless '''zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whose life is in the right — Alexander Pope, ''Essay on Man, Epistle III
* 1892': Yet Brahmans rule Benares still, / Buddh-Gaya's ruins pit the hill, / And beef-fed '''zealots threaten ill / To Buddha and Kamakura. — Rudyard Kipling, ''Buddha at Kamakura
Synonyms
* enthusiast
* fanatic
Related terms
()
* jealous
* jealousy
* zeal
* zealotry
* zealous
Anagrams
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jingoism
English
Noun
(uncountable) Excessive patriotism or aggressive nationalism especially with regards to foreign policy.
(countable) A jingoistic attitude, comment, etc.
Synonyms
* chauvinism
Related terms
* jingoist
* jingoistic
* jingoistically
