chauvinism

noun

chau·vin·ism | \ ˈshō-və-ˌni-zəm

Definition of chauvinism

1 : an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex male chauvinism also : behavior expressive of such an attitude

2 : undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged regional chauvinism

3 : excessive or blind patriotism — compare jingoism his fervent nationalism mutated into blatant chauvinism— Elizabeth Fuller

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Other Words from chauvinism

chauvinist \ ˈshō-və-nist

\ noun or adjective

chauvinistic \ ˌshō-və-ˈni-stik

\ adjective

chauvinistically \ ˌshō-və-ˈni-sti-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

Examples of chauvinism in a Sentence

their ingrained chauvinism has blinded them to their country's faults

Recent Examples on the Web Class struggle, permanent revolution, and the cult of Chairman Mao replaced outward signs of nationalism and Han chauvinism, which Mao continued to dismiss as bourgeois thinking. — Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 The findings are also a warning against cultural chauvinism. — Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2022 De Saulcy set the tone of most subsequent efforts: wild ambition, wild exaggeration, wild protests—and hardheaded chauvinism. — Dominic Green, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021 Our execution problems are many because American sanctions are almost always applied for reasons of domestic politics and chauvinism, not hard-nosed foreign policy. — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 12 Jan. 2022 Not much of a role model, and certainly not a new culture worthy of replacing the male chauvinism, which still reigns and rages against those who dare to simply report their discomfort. — Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021 In theory at least, Mao was critical of Han chauvinism. — Ian Buruma, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 Unfortunately, this necessary corrective for uncritical chauvinism combined with Progressive economic determinism to discourage scholarly interpretation of the American founding as either unique or — that dread word! — good. — Sam Negus, National Review, 10 Oct. 2021 Where there’s a group of rich, powerful, hyper-competitive, testosterone-worshipping men, there will probably be chauvinism. — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2020 See More

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