chauvinistadjective
uk/ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪst/us/ˈʃoʊ.və.nɪst/also chauvinistic, uk/ˌʃəʊ.vɪˈnɪs.tɪk/us/ˌʃoʊ-/disapprovingpolitics believing or showing an unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best or most important:
The crowd was enthusiastically singing chauvinistic patriotic songs.
believing that or behaving as if women are naturally less important, intelligent, or able than men:
It is a deeply chauvinist community where the few women who have jobs are ridiculed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Patriotism & nationalism
- chauvinism
- isolationism
- jingoism
- jingoist
- nationalism
- nationalist
- nationalistic
- nativism
- patriot
- patriotic
- patriotism
- wrap
- wrap yourself in the flag idiom
chauvinist
noun [ C ] ukus
She called him a (male) chauvinist because of his insistence on calling all women "girls".
chauvinistically
adverb uk/ˌʃəʊ.vɪˈnɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌʃoʊ.vəˈnɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/