chauvinism
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈʃoʊ.vɪˌnɪzm̩/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Australia" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈʃəʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/
Noun
chauvinism (countable and uncountable, plural chauvinisms)
- (derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
- (derogatory) 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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
excessive patriotism
|
unwarranted bias
|
See also
Swedish
Noun
chauvinism c
Declension
Declension of chauvinism | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | chauvinism | chauvinismen | — | — |
Genitive | chauvinisms | chauvinismens | — | — |
Related terms
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English derogatory terms
- English eponyms
- English words suffixed with -ism
- en:Forms of discrimination
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish nouns ending in "-ism"