I. ˈshōvə̇ˌnizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French chauvinisme, from chauvin warmonger (after Chauvin, a very patriotic soldier in La Cocarde tricolore, play written 1831 by Charles T. and Jean Hippolyte Cogniard, after Nicolas Chauvin fl 1815 legendary French soldier very devoted to Napoleon) + -isme -ism
1. : excessive especially blind patriotism — compare jingoism
2. : undue especially invidious attachment or partiality for a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged
professional chauvinisms — Wilbur Zelinsky
the passionate chauvinism of a child away from home — John Woodburn
II. noun
: an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex ; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude