chauvinism

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French chauvinisme (originally ‘idealistic devotion to Napoleon’), named from Nicolas Chauvin de Rochefort, a soldier of the First Republic known for his excessive patriotism, especially famous after featuring as a character in Cogniard's play La Cocarde Tricolore.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/, X-SAMPA: /"S@U.vI.nI.z@m/
• (US) IPA: /ˈʃoʊ.vɪˌnɪzm̩/, X-SAMPA: /"SoU.vI.nI.z@m/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈʃəʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/, X-SAMPA: /"S@U.v@.nI.z@m/

Noun

Wikipedia chauvinism (countable and uncountable; plural chauvinisms)

1. (pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
2. (pejorative) 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.

Synonyms

• jingoism

Derived terms

• male chauvinist

Related terms

• chauvinist

Translations

excessive patriotism

• Arabic: شوفينية (ar) (shufinníyya) f
• Armenian: շովինիզմ (hy) (šovinizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙文主義 (cmn), 沙文主义 (cmn) (shāwénzhǔyì), 盲目的愛國心 (cmn), 盲目的爱国心 (cmn) (mángmù de àiguóxīn)

• Czech: šovinismus (cs) m, šovinizmus (cs) m
• Esperanto: ŝovinismo (eo)
• Estonian: marurahvuslus (et)
• Finnish: nationalismi (fi)
• French: chauvinisme (fr) m
• German: Chauvinismus (de) m, Hurrapatriotismus (de) m, Hurra-Patriotismus (de) m
• Greek: σωβινισμός (el) (sovinismós) m, υπερεθνικοφροσύνη (el) (yperethnikofrosýni) f, υπερεθνικισμός (el) (yperethnikismós) m
• Hebrew: שוביניזם (he) (shovinizm) m
• Hindi: अंध-देशभक्ति (hi) (andha-dēśabhakti)

• Hungarian: sovinizmus (hu)
• Italian: sciovinismo (it) m
• Japanese: ショービニズム (ja) (shōbinizumu)
• Korean: 쇼비니즘 (ko) (syobinijeum)
• Persian: شوونیسم (fa) (shouvanism)
• Polish: szowinizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: chauvinismo (pt) m
• Russian: шовинизм (ru) (šovinízm) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шовинизам (sh) m

  Roman: šovinizam (sh) m

• Spanish: chovinismo (es) m, patrioterismo (es) m
• Swedish: chauvinism (sv) c
• Thai: ลัทธิคลั่งชาติ (th) (lát-tí-klâng-châat)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Sô vanh (vi), chủ nghĩa Sôvanh (vi)

unwarranted bias

• Czech: šovinismus (cs) m, šovinizmus (cs) m
• Estonian: šovinism (et)
• Finnish: sovinismi (fi), šovinismi (fi)
• French: chauvinisme (fr) m
• German: Chauvinismus (de) m
• Greek: σωβινισμός (el) (sovinismós) m
• Hebrew: שוביניזם (he) (shovinizm) m
• Hungarian: sovinizmus (hu)
• Irish: seobhaineachas (ga) m

• Polish: szowinizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: chauvinismo (pt) m
• Russian: шовинизм (ru) (šovinízm) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шовинизам (sh) m

  Roman: šovinizam (sh) m

• Spanish: chovinismo (es) m
• Swedish: chauvinism (sv) c

See also

• bigotry

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Swedish

Noun

chauvinism c

1. chauvinism

Declension

Declension of chauvinism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	chauvinism	chauvinismen
genitive	chauvinisms	chauvinismens

Related terms

• chauvinist