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
  • This quote from the book of Ephesians invokes themes of Christian nationalism.
    — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Here, politics isn’t simply about governments, nationalism, and geopolitics, but about the mundane and the personal, existing in families and relationships, bodies and memories.
    — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of nationalism
Noun
  • Different views on the topic The White House describes the ads as public-service announcements intended to encourage patriotism and explain why America is worth defending.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Kolias tapped into this space patriotism by naming the company’s rocket engine test facility, near London, Ontario, after Hansen.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of patriotism
Noun
  • There are parallels to be drawn in the MAGA crowd pining for the conforming jingoism of the 1950s.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Progressives mourned the death of reform amid patriotic jingoism.
    — Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of jingoism

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