chauvinism
Meaning
- (countable, derogatory, uncountable) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
- (countable, derogatory, uncountable) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
Synonyms
extreme nationalism
Translations
chauvinisme
chovinismo
sciovinismo
chauvinismo
σωβινισμός
xovinisme
chauvinisme
şovenlik
Hurra-PatriotismusPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/
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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