Chauvinist

adj, noun

adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chauvinistic person. derogatory

    "Any one of the three corners could represent one of the three constituents of Iranian tri-polar culture—pan-Islamists, anti-Islam Persian chauvinists and Westernized Islamophobians."

  2. 2
    an extreme bellicose nationalist wordnet
  3. 3
    a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to chauvinism.

    "Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]"

  2. 2
    Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased. derogatory

Synonyms

All synonyms
aggressiveantagonisticbellicosebelligerentbigotbloodthirsty

Example

More examples

"Mary can't stand Tom's boss, because he's a male chauvinist pig."

Etymology

See chauvinism.

Related phrases

carbon chauvinistfemale chauvinistmale chauvinist

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