单词 | chauvinism |
释义 | chau·vin·ism (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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