CHAUVINISM


Meaning of CHAUVINISM in English

n. 1 exaggerated or aggressive patriotism. 2 excessive or prejudiced support or loyalty for one's cause or group or sex (male chauvinism).

[ Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran in the Cogniards' Cocarde Tricolore (1831) ]

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