chauvinistic

as in nationalistic
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country other nations were decidedly irked by the media's chauvinistic coverage of the Olympic Games

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Adjective
  • Though many party members welcome Takaichi’s ascendance as a potential return to the days of Abe, there are concerns that her nationalistic historical views could cause friction with East Asian neighbors China and South Korea.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The first choice was a right-wing painter, whose xenophobic and nationalistic work, full of toxic masculinity, appealed to the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party.
    Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Advertisement Although a senior member of Fatah—the secular nationalist party that dominates the Palestinian Authority—Barghouti has maintained good relations with Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza.
    Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Efforts to create Christian nationalist settlements in places like Elohim City, Oklahoma, Alpine County, California, and Tigerton, Wisconsin, go back to the 1970s.
    David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Now it would be seen as very chauvinist of us.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The family-friendly concert features patriotic music honoring veterans, as well as contemporary and classical selections, movie and theater musical favorites.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, historians have noted that his rhetoric and policies play into the individualist and patriotic characteristics associated with the beloved Western cowboy.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Chauvinistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauvinistic. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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