chauvinism

3 definitions found

chauvinism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chauvinism \Chau"vin*ism\, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas
     Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and
     threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief,
     Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor,
     1831).]
     1. Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an
        obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or
        exaggerated patriotism.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. exaggerated and unreasoning partisanship to any group or
        cause; -- as, male chauvinism, i.e. belief in the
        superiority of males.
        [PJC] -- Chau"vin*ist, n. & adj. -- Chau`vin*is"tic,
        a.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's
           country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the
           latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful
           and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult,
           and to offend by its very frankness. --Prof. H. Tuttle.
           [1913 Webster]

chauvinism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chauvinism
      n 1: fanatical patriotism [syn: chauvinism, jingoism,
           superpatriotism, ultranationalism]
      2: activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over
         women [syn: male chauvinism, chauvinism, antifeminism]

chauvinism - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "chauvinism":
     Americanism, Anglicism, Briticism, Jim Crow, Jim Crow law,
     aggression, aggressiveness, antagonism, anti-Semitism, apartheid,
     bellicism, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, black power,
     black supremacy, class consciousness, class distinction,
     class hatred, class prejudice, class war, color bar, color line,
     combativeness, contentiousness, discrimination, fascism, ferocity,
     fierceness, fight, flag waving, hostility, jingoism,
     know-nothingism, love of country, male chauvinist, martialism,
     militancy, militarism, minority prejudice, nationalism,
     nationality, overpatriotism, patriotics, patriotism,
     pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, race hatred,
     race prejudice, race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism,
     racism, red-baiting, saber rattling, segregation,
     sex discrimination, sexism, social barrier, social discrimination,
     superpatriotism, truculence, ultranationalism, unfriendliness,
     unpeacefulness, warmongering, warpath, white power,
     white supremacy, xenophobia