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Adjective
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Habermas’s disdain for chauvinist displays was visceral.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026 -
Now it would be seen as very chauvinist of us.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This theory is a product of its time—a more chauvinistic era, confident in the significance of men, the necessity of men, and their unquestionable desirability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2026
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Cohen plays a chauvinistic man who wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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While jingoistic support for the military was Anutin’s secret weapon, the progressive’s antagonist view of green uniforms turned out to be its kryptonite.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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In certain ways, the campaign served as the mirror image of anti-communist and jingoistic propaganda in the United States at the time.—
Wendy Z. Goldman,
The Conversation,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Kono faced growing criticism and attempts to overwrite his 1993 apology especially during nationalist former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s leadership.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Kono faced growing criticism and attempts to overwrite his 1993 apology especially during nationalist former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's leadership.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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“Spread-eagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spread-eagle. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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