chauvinism
Meaning of chauvinism
noun
exaggerated or aggressive patriotism.
late 19th century: named after Nicolas Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran noted for his extreme patriotism, popularized as a character by the Cogniard brothers in Cocarde Tricolore (1831).
Information about chauvinism
- It is a name.
- The plural form of chauvinism is: chauvinisms.
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Hyphenation of chauvinism
chau-vin-ism
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- chauvinism is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
chauvinism synonyms
Meaning jingoism:
jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism
Meaning male chauvinism:
Meaning excessive attachment to a particular sect or party, especially in religion:
Meaning a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries:
Meaning dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries:
Meaning prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one t:
Meaning another term for racism:
Meaning evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture:
Meaning prejudice in favour of a particular cause; bias:
Meaning unfair bias in favour of one person or thing; favouritism:
Meaning dislike, hostility, or unjust behaviour deriving from preconceived and unfounded opinions:
Meaning inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair:
Meaning the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, sex, or disability:
Meaning unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own:
Meaning obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group:
Meaning prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex:
Meaning dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women:
Words that rhyme with chauvinism
Adoptianism, Africanism, Albigensianism, Alexandrianism, Americanism, Ananism, Anglicanism, Anomoeanism, Antiochianism, Apollinarianism, Arcadianism, Arianism, Aristotelianism, Arminianism, Aryanism, Asianism, Athanasianism, Augustinianism, Australianism, Baconianism, Baianism, Balkanism, Bardesanism, Barthianism, Basilidianism, Baxterianism, Berengarianism, Berkeleianism, Berkelianism, Binitarianism, Biscanism, Biscayanism, Bismarckianism, Bohemianism, Bourignianism, Bradleianism, Brahmanism, Bryanism, Buchmanism, Calibanism, Canadianism, Canterburianism, Cartesianism, Chaucerianism, Christadelphianism, Christianism, Christianopaganism, Ciceronianism, Cimmerianism, Cismontanism