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Word: Chauvinism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: named after Nicolas Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran noted for his extreme patriotism, popularized as a character by the Cogniard brothers in Cocarde Tricolore (1831)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʃəʊvɪnɪz(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
excessive or prejudiced support for one's own cause or group, in particular male prejudice against women
Short Definition:excessive or prejudiced support for one's own cause or sex
Examples:- we stand together to stamp out chauvinism and bigotry
- cultural chauvinism
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