chau·vin·ism 
(shōvə-nĭz′əm)
(shōvə-nĭz′əm)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.)
[French chauvinisme, after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary French soldier famous for his devotion to Napoleon.]
chauvin·ist n.
chau′vin·istic adj.
chau′vin·isti·cal·ly adv.
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