as in nationalism
excessive favoritism towards one's own country
their ingrained chauvinism has blinded them to their country's faults
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Recent Examples of chauvinism
Lajo is a victim of crime perpetrated at the nexus of patriarchy and religious chauvinism.
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JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
This moment of intrafamily chauvinism unspools into a broader consideration of the patriarchy at work.
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Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
My West Coast chauvinism crumbled during a recent tour of New England beer and baseball.
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Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
More important, Arab chauvinism toward Southeast Asian Muslims—an attitude codified in The Management of Savagery, by the jihadi strategist Abu Bakr Naji—could limit the scope of future cooperation.
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Zachary Abuza,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for chauvinism
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
This moment of intrafamily chauvinism unspools into a broader consideration of the patriarchy at work.
—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
My West Coast chauvinism crumbled during a recent tour of New England beer and baseball.
—
Peter Rowe,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
More important, Arab chauvinism toward Southeast Asian Muslims—an attitude codified in The Management of Savagery, by the jihadi strategist Abu Bakr Naji—could limit the scope of future cooperation.
—
Zachary Abuza,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for chauvinism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chauvinism
Noun
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For Kai Schwemmer, who is the national political director for the College Republicans of America as well as Utah County’s deputy elections clerk, embracing overtly racial nationalism isn’t just good in itself.
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Historian Yuval Harari argues the need for a form of nationalism, not the nationalism of exclusion and hate, but one of care for all the tribes of a nation.
Noun
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Some say displaying the flag is more about peer pressure than patriotism.
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For Germans, displays of patriotism are broadly considered gauche, owing to the enduring national guilt from World War II.
Noun
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This was an era of over-the-top displays of patriotism and even jingoism; the phrase Let’s make America great again was in.
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Tapping into national pride — dare say jingoism — might have done the trick.
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“Chauvinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauvinism. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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