chauvinism
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈʃoʊvɪnɪzəm/
- Offensive
:
machismo
- Isn't that how chauvinism and misogyny started in the first place?
- male chauvinism
Examples
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Guernica: Did Alice Embree give any specific examples of the type of male chauvinism that was dominant in the movement?
Blog text (27) -
The important thing is to keep any vestiges of male chauvinism out of the curriculum.
Blog text (12) -
Girls like you are what keeps chauvinism alive when the world should be beyond it.
Blog text (29) -
Some medical doctors seem to have their own special brand of chauvinism, one that goes well beyond the standard.
Blog text (8) -
And I had never experienced male chauvinism before coming from San Diego.
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But it was always seen by feminists as oppression and male chauvinism.
Blog text (8) -
Feminism was a war that leveled the entire nation of masculinity in order to kill chauvinism.
Blog text (23) -
In my grandmother's time, it had been assumed that this combination of male chauvinism and misogyny was a cultural overlay on an underlying animal innocence.
Fiction book (1999) -
Bewitched is often attacked as a reactionary fantasy, in large part for Darrin's chauvinism and Samantha's tolerance of it.
Blog text (25) -
Many people spoke out against chauvinism during the debate on gender equality.
Synonyms
109
4.9
Unfair acts and ideas about people because of their sex, often against women
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7.6
A strong dislike or hatred of women
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6.2
Thinking men are better than women and treating women unfairly
A strong belief that your group is better than others, often favoring men or your country
A view or action that treats people unfairly because of their gender
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sexist
- Offensive
2
8.2
- Offensive
109
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
chauvinism = Chauvin (opaque) = chauvin + ism
The gender-related sense is an extension of the eponymous term; learners cannot derive 'belief in male superiority' from the bare parts without sociocultural knowledge.
Etymology
Chauvinism comes from the name of a French soldier, Chauvin, who was famous for extreme, blind loyalty. Because of that, people used chauvinism for unfair, strong pride in a group, and in male chauvinism it means the 'belief that men are naturally superior to women'.