Chauvinist
noun
A person who believes their own group or nationality is superior to others.
He was known to be a male chauvinist who had no respect for women.
Often appears as...
- male chauvinist
- chauvinist pig
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing an aggressive and unreasonable belief that your own group or nationality is better than others.
His chauvinist comments about women's roles in society were met with backlash.
Often appears as...
- chauvinist beliefs
- chauvinist remarks
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who believes their own group or nationality is superior to others.
He was known to be a male chauvinist who had no respect for women.
Often appears as...
- male chauvinist
- chauvinist pig
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Showing an aggressive and unreasonable belief that your own group or nationality is better than others.
His chauvinist comments about women's roles in society were met with backlash.
Often appears as...
- chauvinist beliefs
- chauvinist remarks
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Context Sensitive
Use 'chauvinist' in situations where someone shows unfair bias towards their group.
During the debate, his chauvinist support for his own country ignored obvious facts.
Pro Tip 2/3Offensive Term
'Chauvinist' is a negative word and can offend people if directed at them.
Calling your teacher a chauvinist isn't appropriate if you disagree with them.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Implications
Being aware that 'chauvinist' can have sexist implications, especially relating to male attitudes towards women.
The manager's chauvinist joke about secretaries did not amuse his female colleagues.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Sensitive
Use 'chauvinist' in situations where someone shows unfair bias towards their group.
During the debate, his chauvinist support for his own country ignored obvious facts.
Pro Tip 2/3Offensive Term
'Chauvinist' is a negative word and can offend people if directed at them.
Calling your teacher a chauvinist isn't appropriate if you disagree with them.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Implications
Being aware that 'chauvinist' can have sexist implications, especially relating to male attitudes towards women.
The manager's chauvinist joke about secretaries did not amuse his female colleagues.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Sensitive
Use 'chauvinist' in situations where someone shows unfair bias towards their group.
During the debate, his chauvinist support for his own country ignored obvious facts.
Pro Tip 2/3Offensive Term
'Chauvinist' is a negative word and can offend people if directed at them.
Calling your teacher a chauvinist isn't appropriate if you disagree with them.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Implications
Being aware that 'chauvinist' can have sexist implications, especially relating to male attitudes towards women.
The manager's chauvinist joke about secretaries did not amuse his female colleagues.
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Daniel Wolpert: The real...
as an analogy to what happens at universities when professors get tenure, but that's a different subject. So I am a movement chauvinist. I believe movement is the most important function of the brain -- don't let anyone tell you that it's not true. Now if movement is so important,
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The real reason for...
professors get tenure but that's as so I am a movement chauvinist I believe movement is the most important function in the brain that anyone tell you that's not true now if movement is so important how well are we doing understanding how the brain
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Daniel Wolpert: The real...
as an analogy to what happens at universities when professors get tenure, but that's a different subject. So I am a movement chauvinist. I believe movement is the most important function of the brain -- don't let anyone tell you that it's not true. Now if movement is so important,
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The real reason for...
professors get tenure but that's as so I am a movement chauvinist I believe movement is the most important function in the brain that anyone tell you that's not true now if movement is so important how well are we doing understanding how the brain
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Quote examples
Michel Foucault
French Historian
This non-proletarianised plebs has been racialist when it has been colonialist; it has been nationalist - chauvinist - when it has been armed; and it has been fascist when it has become the police force.These ideological effects on the plebs have been uncontestable and profound.
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Huston Smith
American Theologian
I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations that make up recorded history and the religions in those civilizations.
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Edgar Mitchell
American Astronaut
My wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit it. In my office and in my home, I'm not very democratic. I think of myself as a benevolent dictator.
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Simon Schama
British Historian
By the end of the nineteenth century, the stereotype of the ugly American - voracious, preachy, mercenary, and bombastically chauvinist - was firmly in place in Europe.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
How could you not love Norman Mailer? He was a total chauvinist, but also so vulnerable.
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Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
My critics began saying I was a chauvinist, nationalist, mad nationalist.
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Bobby Riggs
American Athlete
If I am to be a chauvinist pig, I want to be the number one pig.
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Sheila Hancock
I'm wildly left wing, but I'm also a terrible chauvinist.
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Joe Bob Briggs
American Critic
I AM a male chauvinist. Who's been saying otherwise?
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Bebe Buell
American Model
Men from my generation are chauvinist pigs!
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Michel Foucault
French Historian
This non-proletarianised plebs has been racialist when it has been colonialist; it has been nationalist - chauvinist - when it has been armed; and it has been fascist when it has become the police force.These ideological effects on the plebs have been uncontestable and profound.
Quote examples
Huston Smith
American Theologian
I'm not a chauvinist. I'm a universalist. I think that God imploded, like a spiritual big bang, to launch the eight civilizations that make up recorded history and the religions in those civilizations.
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Edgar Mitchell
American Astronaut
My wife tells me I am a male chauvinist pig and I have to sort of admit it. In my office and in my home, I'm not very democratic. I think of myself as a benevolent dictator.
Quote examples
Simon Schama
British Historian
By the end of the nineteenth century, the stereotype of the ugly American - voracious, preachy, mercenary, and bombastically chauvinist - was firmly in place in Europe.
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Gloria Steinem
American Activist
How could you not love Norman Mailer? He was a total chauvinist, but also so vulnerable.
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Subramanian Swamy
Indian Politician
My critics began saying I was a chauvinist, nationalist, mad nationalist.
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Bobby Riggs
American Athlete
If I am to be a chauvinist pig, I want to be the number one pig.
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Sheila Hancock
I'm wildly left wing, but I'm also a terrible chauvinist.
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Joe Bob Briggs
American Critic
I AM a male chauvinist. Who's been saying otherwise?
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Bebe Buell
American Model
Men from my generation are chauvinist pigs!
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