<p>“The president’s aggressive foreign policy betrays the jingoism that hides below his genial surface.”</p>
<p>This was one of the example sentence for the word “Jingoism.” Since Jingoism is belligerent, chauvinistic patriotism, wouldn’t aggressive foreign policy go along with the president’s jingoism?</p>
<p>Genial means something like outgoing, positive, benevolent. The sentence is saying that the jingoism is hidden beneath the genial surface, so he appears nice but is really aggressive. His aggressive foreign policy shows that there is more to him than niceties, and shows that he is not what he seems. So his foreign policy is betraying the jingoism that is “in hiding,” if you will. Does it make sense now?</p>
<p>Edit: … Not sure if I interpreted that correctly at all. Hmmmm…</p>
<p>Maybe it’s saying that the foreign policy is to establish peaceful connections with other nations, and make his nation more Worley and diverse and stuff, but really he is super patriotic and only cares about his own country, even though he goes around to others pretending like he wants to be BFFs. Basically he’s doing it for his own country’s benefit. </p>
<p>Where did you get this from? It’s going to drive me crazy! Haha</p>
<p>It was in the Word Smart! I couldn’t just ignore it Lol.</p>
<p>This sentence doesn’t make any sense bro. Jingoism is a synonym of chauvinism which in turn means blatant/blind enthusiasm for military glory. Presumably, a jingo president would condone aggressive foreign political relations.</p>
<p>ymlee…I was just browsing old posts and came upon yours. Not sure if you’re still wondering about this sentence or if you’ve gotten an adequate explanation, but I figured I’d give it a shot. </p>
<p>I think the sentence may be confusing because of the way the word “betray” is being used. Usually, when we think of betray, we think of disloyalty, as in someone betraying his country or family. </p>
<p>In this sentence, however, betray is being used to mean “to reveal” or “to expose.” So, the sentence is really saying, “The president’s aggressive foreign policy reveals/exposes the jingoism (aggressive/belligerent patriotism) that hides below his friendly/warm surface.” Or, in other words, the president acts nice, but his foreign policy shows that under the surface, he’s really quite aggressively or belligerently patriotic. </p>
<p>Hoopser almost seemed to touch on this in his/her first reply, but I figured I’d try to clarify further. Hope it helps. </p>
<p>Then again, maybe that’s not at all why you were confused and I’m way off base!</p>