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chauvinist
[ shoh-vuh-nist ]
noun
- a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- a person who believes one gender is superior to the other, as a male chauvinist or a female chauvinist
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- chau·vin·is·tic [shoh-v, uh, -, nis, -tik] adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chauvinist1
First recorded in 1860–65; chauvin(ism) ( def ) + -ist ( def )
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Example Sentences
Foul-mouthed chauvinist who flirted with chicks in a hot tub or celebrity-friendly sociopolitical satirist?
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This massive undertaking, to turn faltering Arab armies into chauvinist counter-insurgents, is named “Operation Suleimani.”
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He's defending the chauvinist and imperialist Russian regime of President Vladimir Putin.
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Your Chauvinist will excuse the former affections on account of “blood.”
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He was not a Chauvinist, nor had he any sympathy with the intolerantly patriotic.
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The army, petted and spoiled, was full of dislike for civilians, and of chauvinist contempt for foreigners.
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