chauvinismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/us/ˈʃoʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/disapprovingthe strong and unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best or most important:
The war stimulated an intense national chauvinism.
also male chauvinism the belief that women are naturally less important, intelligent, or able than men
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Patriotism & nationalism
- chauvinist
- isolationism
- jingoism
- jingoist
- nationalism
- nationalist
- nationalistic
- nativism
- patriot
- patriotic
- patriotism
- wrap
- wrap yourself in the flag idiom
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