OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12273

chauvinism

/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chovinismo • patrioterismo
Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who…
chovinismo
Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide.
“This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!” Jack said.
Word forms