chauvinism

noun

ˈshō-və-ˌni-zəm How to pronounce chauvinism (audio)
Definition of chauvinismnext
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. — 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
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  1. nationalism
  2. patriotism
  3. jingoism
Noun
  • Purges of the state bureaucracy and judiciary followed, while Erdogan whittled away at the Turkish republic’s secular foundations with his brand of religious nationalism.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • However, Thailand, driven by nationalism and a desire to define borders before resource sharing, remains resistant, leaving the valuable energy untapped.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of nationalism
Noun
  • At camp, children often learn about patriotism, discipline, cooperation, leadership and self-reliance.
    — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026
  • Yet there is something singularly unbecoming about a franchise as American as Superman (and its adjuncts) being willfully stripped of its patriotism and good cheer.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
Definition of patriotism
Noun
  • But aside from that scene, and some odd red, white and blue sparkler-like fireworks visible in the New York Harbor, which curiously distract from a view of the Statue of Liberty, Soarin’ Across America doesn’t lay on the jingoism.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of jingoism

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