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chauvinism
- Main Entry:
- chau·vin·ism

- Pronunciation:
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\ˈshō-və-ˌni-zəm\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- French chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, character noted for his excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon in Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard's play La Cocarde tricolore (1831)
- Date:
- 1851
1: excessive or blind patriotism — compare jingoism2: undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged3: an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude
— chau·vin·ist \-və-nist\ noun or adjective
— chau·vin·is·tic \ˌshō-və-ˈnis-tik\ adjective
— chau·vin·is·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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