chauvinism
zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
biased devotion to any group, attitude, or cause: religious chauvinism.
the denigration, disparagement, and patronization of a particular gender based on the belief that one gender is inferior to another and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.: Compare male chauvinism.
Origin of chauvinism
1Other words from chauvinism
- chau·vin·ist, noun
Words Nearby chauvinism
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How to use chauvinism in a sentence
The undertones of toxic masculinity and chauvinism that have dominated the gaming world for decades still linger.
WAMU in Washington, for example, was “so new and precarious, the pay so low, and the new program so untested that convention and chauvinism didn’t, couldn’t prevail,” Napoli writes.
Four women who broke barriers to become the founding mothers of NPR | Connie Schultz | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostWe will give up and stop any manifestations of chauvinism and xenophobia.
Can Ukraine Control Its Far Right Ultranationalists? | Oleg Shynkarenko | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLet's hope that that the increased presence of women in the new Knesset will help free us from that chauvinism once and for all.
The Latent Chauvinism Of Lapid's "Zoabiz" Apology | Rawia Aburabia | February 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the "Zoabiz" was a small reminder that latent chauvinism is alive and well.
The Latent Chauvinism Of Lapid's "Zoabiz" Apology | Rawia Aburabia | February 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
I became a feminist in the 1970s because I did not appreciate male chauvinism.
But the proper corrective to chauvinism is not to reverse it and practice it against males, but rather basic fairness.
They furnished a vivid but rather aggravating explanation for the existing backwardness and chauvinism of the commonwealth.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I | Burton J. HendrickOur one desire was to get back to America, and we regarded Europe with the most ignorant chauvinism and contempt.
Theodore Roosevelt | Theodore RooseveltHe never stooped to pietistic clap-trap, or chanted the jaunty chauvinism that has so often caused the Hoosier stars to blink.
Atlantic Classics | VariousThe old dregs of chauvinism, stirred by the Bonapartists, discharge their muddy waters.
History of the Commune of 1871 | P. LissagaryIn Japan, opinion ranged from imperialistic chauvinism to liberal recognition of the consortium as a way out of the mess.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie
British Dictionary definitions for chauvinism
/ (ˈʃəʊvɪˌnɪzəm) /
aggressive or fanatical patriotism; jingoism
enthusiastic devotion to a cause
smug irrational belief in the superiority of one's own race, party, sex, etc: male chauvinism
Origin of chauvinism
1Derived forms of chauvinism
- chauvinist, noun
- chauvinistic, adjective
- chauvinistically, adverb
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Cultural definitions for chauvinism
Exaggerated belief in the supremacy of one's nation, class, caste, or group. Chauvinism usually involves xenophobia.
Notes for chauvinism
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