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
The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
American chauvinism and solipsism leads them to believe every country would love to join America.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Battling chauvinism within the surfing community - and debilitating injuries - Gabeira finally got her wave, at Nazare, estimated at 73.5 feet, a woman’s record.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s a lot of winking and smirking between the two of them, which defuses the crass chauvinism that guides the whole play.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
American chauvinism and solipsism leads them to believe every country would love to join America.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Battling chauvinism within the surfing community - and debilitating injuries - Gabeira finally got her wave, at Nazare, estimated at 73.5 feet, a woman’s record.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
There’s a lot of winking and smirking between the two of them, which defuses the crass chauvinism that guides the whole play.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chauvinism
Noun
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was banned multiple times after India gained independence, including for its links to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, and has long been criticized for religious nationalism.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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With the media’s normalization of white nationalism, recent years have made clear that there is a new urgency to assess the role that artists, through works of art, have played to illuminate the searing contours of the American body politic.—
Simon Njami,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the patriotism came out on multiple occasions, including not one but two renditions of fans singing the national anthem impromptu.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The Watchmen creator also emphasized his friendship to Kimmel and faith in the host’s patriotism.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The level of jingoism and rallying behind Modi has been very strong.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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The series undermines its own points about the dangers of miscommunication and jingoism by fixating on the same untoward details that tabloids were obsessing over years before.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Chauvinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauvinism. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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