About The Word Chauvinism
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Chauvinism
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What's The Definition Of Chauvinism?
[n] activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women
[n] fanatical patriotism Synonyms | Synonyms for Chauvinism: antifeminism | jingoism | male chauvinism | superpatriotism | ultranationalism Related Terms | Find terms related to Chauvinism: aggression | aggressiveness | Americanism | Anglicism | antagonism | anti-Semitism | apartheid | bellicism | bellicosity | belligerence | belligerency | black power | black supremacy | Briticism | class consciousness | class distinction | class hatred | class prejudice | class war | color bar | color line | combativeness | contentiousness | discrimination | fascism | ferocity | fierceness | fight | flag waving | hostility | Jim Crow | Jim Crow law | jingoism | know-nothingism | love of country | male chauvinist | martialism | militancy | militarism | minority prejudice | nationalism | nationality | overpatriotism | patriotics | patriotism | pugnaciousness | pugnacity | quarrelsomeness | race hatred | race prejudice | race snobbery | racial discrimination | racialism | racism | red-baiting | saber rattling | segregation | sex discrimination | sexism | social barrier | social discrimination | superpatriotism | truculence | ultranationalism | unfriendliness | unpeacefulness | warmongering | warpath | white power | white supremacy | xenophobia See Also | nationalism | patriotism | sexism Chauvinism In Webster's Dictionary \Chau"vin*ism\, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Chauvin, a
character represented as making grotesque and threatening
displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I.,
in 1815.]
Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete
cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated
patriotism. -- {Chau"vin*ist}, n. -- {Chau`vin*is"tic}, a.
Note: To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's
country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the
latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful
and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult,
and to offend by its very frankness. --Prof. H. Tuttle.
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