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chau·vin·ism

 (shō′və-nĭz′əm)
n.
1. Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism.
2. Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind: "the chauvinism ... of making extraterrestrial life in our own image" (Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.).
[French chauvinisme, after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary French soldier famous for his devotion to Napoleon.]
chau′vin·ist n.
chau′vin·is′tic adj.
chau′vin·is′ti·cal·ly adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.chauvinist - a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
bigot - a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
2.chauvinist - an extreme bellicose nationalist
flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer
nationalist, patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country
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Translations
شوفينيمُتَطَرِّف في الوَطَنِيَّه ، شوفيني
šovinista
chauvinist
sovinisti
šovinist
skrumari, òjóîrembingsmaîur
熱狂的愛国主義者
열광적 주장자
šovinista
chauvinist
ผู้ที่คิดว่าผู้ชายเหนือกว่าผู้หญิง
aşırı milliyetçişovenşovenist
người theo thuyết trọng nam khinh nữ

chauvinist

[ˈʃəʊvɪnɪst]
A. N (= male chauvinist) → machista m; (= nationalist) → chovinista mf, patriotero/a m/f
B. ADJ (= male chauvinist) → machista; (= nationalist) → chovinista, patriotero
(male) chauvinist pig → machista asqueroso (pej)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chauvinist

[ˈʃəʊvɪnɪst] n
(also male chauvinist) → macho m, machiste m
(= nationalist) → chauvin(e) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chauvinist

n (= jingoist) → Chauvinist(in) m(f); (= male chauvinist) → männlicher Chauvinist
adj → chauvinistisch; (male) chauvinist pig → Chauvinistenschwein nt (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chauvinist

[ˈʃəʊvɪnɪst] n (male chauvinist) → maschilista m; (nationalist) → sciovinista m/f
(male) chauvinist pig (fam, pej) → sporco maschilista
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chauvinism

(ˈʃəuvinizəm) noun
unthinking enthusiasm for a particular country, cause etc.
ˈchauvinist noun
ˌchauviˈnistic adjective
male chauvinist
a man who believes that women are inferior to men.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

chauvinist

→ شوفيني šovinista chauvinist Chauvinist σοβινιστής machista sovinisti macho šovinist sciovinista 熱狂的愛国主義者 열광적 주장자 chauvinist sjåvinist szowinista machista шовинист chauvinist ผู้ที่คิดว่าผู้ชายเหนือกว่าผู้หญิง şoven người theo thuyết trọng nam khinh nữ 沙文主义者
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