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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And last year, Vice President Vance scolded his German hosts at the Munich Security Conference for isolating hard-right parties that organize around white nationalism.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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But more recently, Japan-bashing has become the core of a strident Chinese nationalism, with disastrous consequences.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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The documents, leaked to USA TODAY by a source inside Patriot Front, show how the group finds new recruits, choreographs its rallies and events, and obscures its true mission behind language stressing patriotism and plausible deniability.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The 1930s and early 1940s were a heyday of patriotism on the broad left.—
Michael Kazin,
The Atlantic,
3 June 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 10 Jun. 2026.
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