chauvinist

Variant of chauvinism

chauvinism definition

chau·vin·ism (s̸hō′və niz′əm)

noun

  1. militant, unreasoning, and boastful devotion to one's country; jingoism
  2. unreasoning devotion to one's race, sex, etc. with contempt for other races, the opposite sex, etc.

Etymology: Fr chauvinisme, after N. Chauvin, soldier of Napoleon I, notorious for his attachment to the lost imperial cause

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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