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Chauvinism

//ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism. countable, derogatory, uncountable

    "(C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race."

  2. 2
    activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women wordnet
  3. 3
    Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea. countable, derogatory, uncountable

    "Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide."

  4. 4
    fanatical patriotism wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.

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