chauvinist (redirected from chauvinists)

chau·vin·ism  (shv-nzm)

n.

1. Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism.

2. Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind: "the chauvinism . . . of making extraterrestrial life in our own image" (Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.)

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[French chauvinisme, after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary French soldier famous for his devotion to Napoleon.]

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chauvin·ist n.

chauvin·istic adj.

chauvin·isti·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chauvinist - a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind bigot - a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
	2.	chauvinist - an extreme bellicose nationalist flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer nationalist, patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country

Translations

chauvinist [ˈʃəuvɪnɪst] n (= male chauvinist) → machista m (= nationalist); chovinista m/f; patriotero/a m/f

chauvinist [ˈʃəuvɪnɪst] n (also: male chauvinist) → phallocrate m, macho m (= nationalist); chauvin(e)

chauvinist [ˈʃəuvɪnɪst] chauvinism n → Chauvinist m

chauvinist [ˈʃəuvɪnɪst] n (also: male chauvinist) → maschilista m (= nationalist); sciovinista m/f