Dictionary

chauvinism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃoʊ.vɪˌnɪzəm/ (US)
• /ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈʃəʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.

Meanings

1. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
   • (C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race.
2. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
   • Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide.
   • “This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!” Jack said. 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 312:

Forms

Deriveds

male chauvinism · antichauvinism · female chauvinism · carbon chauvinism

Relateds

Chauvinism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) · chauvinist · bigotry

Synonyms

jingoism

Translations (86)

ar شُوفِينِيَّة (excessive patriotism) · sv chauvinism (unwarranted bias) · fr chauvinisme (unwarranted bias) · fi šovinismi (unwarranted bias) · sh šovinizam (unwarranted bias) · el σωβινισμός (unwarranted bias) · be шавіні́зм (excessive patriotism) · ky шовинизм (excessive patriotism) · nl chauvinisme (excessive patriotism) · hy շովինիզմ (excessive patriotism) · fo tjóðskaparreyp (excessive patriotism) · es patrioterismo (excessive patriotism) · fi kansalliskiihko (excessive patriotism) · el υπερεθνικοφροσύνη (excessive patriotism) · ms cauvinisme (excessive patriotism) · sq shovinizëm (excessive patriotism) · fa شوونیسم (excessive patriotism) · pl szowinizm (excessive patriotism) · it sciovinismo (excessive patriotism) · fr chauvinisme (excessive patriotism) · nn sjåvinisme (excessive patriotism) · he שׁוֹבִינִיזְם (excessive patriotism) · cmn 盲目的愛國心 /盲目的爱国心 (excessive patriotism) · cmn 沙文主義 /沙文主义 (unwarranted bias) · ru шовини́зм (excessive patriotism) · cs šovinismus (unwarranted bias) · hu elfogultság (unwarranted bias) · es chovinismo (excessive patriotism) · tr şovenizm (excessive patriotism) · kk шовинизм (excessive patriotism) · ca xovinisme (excessive patriotism) · id sauvinisme (excessive patriotism) · eo ŝovinismo (excessive patriotism) · sh шовинизам (unwarranted bias) · da chauvinisme (excessive patriotism) · hi अंध-देशभक्ति (excessive patriotism) · th ลัทธิคลั่งชาติ (excessive patriotism) · az şovinizm (excessive patriotism) · de Chauvinismus (excessive patriotism) · sv chauvinism (excessive patriotism) · et šovinism (excessive patriotism) · nb sjåvinisme (excessive patriotism) · uz shovinizm (excessive patriotism) · ka შოვინიზმი (excessive patriotism) · he שׁוֹבִינִיזְם (unwarranted bias) · vi chủ nghĩa sô-vanh (excessive patriotism) · ro șovinism (excessive patriotism) · de Chauvinismus (unwarranted bias) · hu sovinizmus (unwarranted bias) · ja ショービニズム (excessive patriotism) · lt šovinizmas (excessive patriotism) · pt chauvinismo (unwarranted bias) · hu mélymagyarkodás (excessive patriotism) · sh шовинизам (excessive patriotism) · ga seobhaineachas (unwarranted bias) · fi kiihkokansallisuus (excessive patriotism) · ru шовини́зм (unwarranted bias) · ro șovinism (unwarranted bias) · hu sovinizmus (excessive patriotism) · el σωβινισμός (excessive patriotism) · bg шовинизъм (excessive patriotism) · es chovinismo (unwarranted bias) · cs šovinismus (excessive patriotism) · et šovinism (unwarranted bias) · sh šovinizam (excessive patriotism) · cs šovinizmus (unwarranted bias) · sk šovinizmus (excessive patriotism) · et marurahvuslus (excessive patriotism) · ar شُوفِينِّيَّة (unwarranted bias) · ka შოვინიზმი (unwarranted bias) · ko 쇼비니즘 (excessive patriotism) · uk шовіні́зм (excessive patriotism) · pt chauvinismo (excessive patriotism) · crh şovinizm (excessive patriotism) · fi sovinismi (unwarranted bias) · pl szowinizm (unwarranted bias) · sl šovinizem (excessive patriotism) · cmn 沙文主義 /沙文主义 (excessive patriotism) · de Hurrapatriotismus (excessive patriotism) · de Hurra-Patriotismus (excessive patriotism) · mk шовини́зам (excessive patriotism) · hu magyarkodás (excessive patriotism) · el υπερεθνικισμός (excessive patriotism) · ota شوونیزم (excessive patriotism) · lv šovinisms (excessive patriotism) · cs šovinizmus (excessive patriotism)

wikipedia: Nicolas Chauvin · wikipedia: Cogniard brothers · wikipedia: French First Republic