transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshō-və-ˌni-zəm ]
noun
Etymology: French chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, character noted for his excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon in Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard's play La Cocarde tricolore (1831)
Date: 1851
1. : excessive or blind patriotism — compare jingoism
2. : undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged
3. : an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex ; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude
• chau·vin·ist -və-nist noun or adjective
• chau·vin·is·tic ˌshō-və-ˈnis-tik adjective
• chau·vin·is·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb