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Chauvinism   /ʃˈoʊvənˌɪzəm/   Listen
Chauvinism

noun
1.
Fanatical patriotism.  Synonyms: jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism.
2.
Activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women.  Synonyms: antifeminism, male chauvinism.






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"Chauvinism" Quotes from Famous Books



... There is nothing of chauvinism in the statement that, so far as the submarine is concerned, our navy has played a most helpful part in diminishing its ravages, that our fighting ships have aided very materially in the marked reduction in sinkings of merchantmen as compared to the number destroyed in the corresponding period before ...
— Our Navy in the War • Lawrence Perry

... of all kinds of compromises with Heaven and Hell, compromise with the State, Plutocracy, Nationalism, Imperialism, Conquest, War, Diplomacy, Secular Philosophy, Secular Science, Agnostic Parliaments, Tribal Chauvinism, Education, Officialism, Bureaucracy, etc., etc. All these things have their own spirit, and every such spirit is partly or wholly included in the spirit of the Church, i.e. of modern Christianity. None of the Christian Churches of our time makes an exception ...
— The Agony of the Church (1917) • Nikolaj Velimirovic



Words linked to "Chauvinism" :   chauvinist, chauvinistic, antifeminism, sexism, ultranationalism, nationalism, patriotism



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