n.
Pronunciation: ' sh ō -v ə - ˌ ni-z ə m
Function: 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 \ -v ə -nist \ noun or adjective
– chau · vin · is · tic \ ˌ sh ō -v ə - ' nis-tik \ adjective
– chau · vin · is · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb