male chauvinism

3 definitions found

male chauvinism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  male chauvinism \male chauvinism\ n.
     Disparaging, patronizing, discriminatory or abusive speech or
     behavior by males toward females stemming from a belief that
     males are superior to females and females therefore worthy of
     less respect and inferior treatment. A form of sexism.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

male chauvinism - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  male chauvinism
      n 1: activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men
           over women [syn: male chauvinism, chauvinism,
           antifeminism]

male chauvinism - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "male chauvinism":
     Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, anti-Semitism, apartheid, black power,
     black supremacy, chauvinism, class consciousness,
     class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war,
     color bar, color line, discrimination, fascism, know-nothingism,
     male chauvinist, minority prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice,
     race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism, racism,
     red-baiting, segregation, sex discrimination, sexism,
     social barrier, social discrimination, superpatriotism,
     ultranationalism, white power, white supremacy, xenophobia