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US
/ˈʃoʊvəˌnɪzəm/
]
[ UK /ʃˈəʊvɪnˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /ʃˈəʊvɪnˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- fanatical patriotism
- activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women
How To Use chauvinism In A Sentence
- I think there is a good deal of old-fashioned chauvinism. Times, Sunday Times
- This has led to the rejection of Sephardic Jewish Humanism as formulated by Maimonides and an affirmation of an ethnocentric Jewish chauvinism based on the magical mysticism of Kabbalistic theurgy. David Shasha: Dangerous Mystic Motifs in Judaism
- The plagues of aggressive nationalism, racism, chauvinism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and ethnic tension are still widespread.
- It's a bizarre concept that intertwines issues of patriotism and sporting chauvinism.
- The sea was a conduit for commerce, largely free of chauvinism. Times, Sunday Times
- The word chauvinism is often used as shorthand for male chauvinism, a term describing the attitudes of men who believe that women are inferior and should not be given equal status with men. Chauvinism
- The plagues of aggressive nationalism, racism, chauvinism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and ethnic tension are still widespread.
- That enterprise led to what I thought was a particularly repellent burst of American / European chauvinism - a fantasy that there was nothing there before the Europeans arrived.
- But the blatant male chauvinism in the movie riled me. The Sun
- And is light entertainment the last bastion of male chauvinism? Times, Sunday Times