chauvinism

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20
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24
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/
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/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/ · /ˈʃoʊ.vɪˌnɪzəm/ (US) · /ˈʃəʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/

Definition of chauvinism

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, derogatory, uncountable)Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
    “(C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race.”
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noun

  1. (countable, derogatory, uncountable)Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
    “(C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race.”
  2. (countable, derogatory, uncountable)Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
    “Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide.”
    ““This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!” Jack said.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.

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