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chauvinistic
Variant of chauvinism
noun
- militant, unreasoning, and boastful devotion to one's country; jingoism
- unreasoning devotion to one's race, sex, etc. with contempt for other races, the opposite sex, etc.
Related Forms:
- chauvinist noun, adjective
- chauvinistic adjective
- chauvinistically adverb
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