chauvinist

adjective

/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪst/

/ˈʃoʊ-/ (also chauvinistic, /ˌʃəʊ.vɪˈnɪs.tɪk/

/ˌʃoʊ-/) disapproving

Definition

› believing or showing an unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best or most important: The crowd was enthusiastically singing chauvinistic patriotic songs.Patriotism and nationalism › believing or behaving as if women are naturally less important, intelligent, or able than men: It is a deeply chauvinist community where the few women who have jobs are ridiculed.Patriotism and nationalism chauvinist

noun [C] › She called him a (male) chauvinist because of his insistence on calling all women 'girls'.Patriotism and nationalism chauvinistically

/ˌʃəʊ.vɪˈnɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/

/ˌʃoʊ-/ adverb Patriotism and nationalism

(Definition of chauvinist adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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