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.
—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
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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Yet my overall impressions of the exhibition—as a public forum of address, redress, and dialogue in which critical questions of public memory, regional identity, ideologies of nationalism, and the capacious field of site-specific sculpture can, if not should be borne out—are decidedly more mixed.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged the United Nations to reassert itself in global affairs to safeguard democracy under threat from resurgent nationalism, conflict and widening inequality.—
Tarek El-Tablawy,
Bloomberg,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The occupants had moved on from patriotism and returned to hip-hop at full volume.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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A little patriotism can go a long way.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Tapping into national pride — dare say jingoism — might have done the trick.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Chauvinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauvinism. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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