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   chau·vin·ism

   /ˈSHōvəˌniz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. excessive or prejudiced support for one's own cause or group, in particular male prejudice against women: "we stand together to stamp out chauvinism and bigotry" Similar male chauvinismsexismmisogynytoxic masculinitymachismoladdishnessdiscriminationprejudicebias
   • ▪ exaggerated or aggressive patriotism: "there is very little national chauvinism in the country today" Similar jingoismexcessive patriotismblind patriotismexcessive nationalismsectarianismisolationismflag-wavingxenophobiaracismracialismracial prejudiceethnocentrismethnocentricitypartisanshippartialityprejudicebiasdiscriminationintolerancebigotry

   Word Origin late 19th century: named after Nicolas Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran noted for his extreme patriotism, popularized as a character by the Cogniard brothers in Cocarde Tricolore (1831).

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