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chauvinist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • shō′v(ĭ)nĭst

Etymology

See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to chauvinism.
    • Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […] 2006, Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture:
  2. (derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more chauvinist Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most chauvinist Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

antichauvinist · carbon chauvinist · chauvinistic · nonchauvinist

Translations (11)

ru шовинисти́ческий (pertaining to chauvinism) · de chauvinistisch (pertaining to chauvinism) · pt chauvinista (pertaining to chauvinism) · vi sô-vanh (pertaining to chauvinism) · fi sovinistinen (pertaining to chauvinism) · cs šovinistický (pertaining to chauvinism) · ga seobhaineach (pertaining to chauvinism) · sv chauvinistisk (pertaining to chauvinism) · es chovinista (pertaining to chauvinism) · ru шовини́стский (pertaining to chauvinism) · ca xovinista (pertaining to chauvinism)

chauvinist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • shō′v(ĭ)nĭst

Etymology

See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory) A chauvinistic person.
    • Any one of the three corners could represent one of the three constituents of Iranian tri-polar culture—pan-Islamists, anti-Islam Persian chauvinists and Westernized Islamophobians. 2014, Sadegh Shajari, Chain Reaction and Chaos: Toward Modern Persia, page 28:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chauvinists Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

female chauvinist · male chauvinist

Translations (30)

ko 쇼비니스트 (chauvinist person) · cs šovinistka (chauvinist person) · nl chauvinist (chauvinist person) · uk шовіні́ст (chauvinist person) · pl szowinista (chauvinist person) · ja ショービニスト (chauvinist person) · ru шовини́стка (chauvinist person) · fi sovinisti (chauvinist person) · de Chauvinistin (chauvinist person) · crh şovinist (chauvinist person) · pt chauvinista (chauvinist person) · cmn 盲目的愛國者 /盲目的爱国者 (chauvinist person) · fr chauvin (chauvinist person) · vi kẻ sô-vanh (chauvinist person) · ja 熱狂的愛国者 (chauvinist person) · fr chauviniste (chauvinist person) · ja 盲目的愛国者 (chauvinist person) · nn sjåvinist (chauvinist person) · eo ŝovinisto (chauvinist person) · sv chauvinist (chauvinist person) · ar شُوفِينِّيّ (chauvinist person) · de Chauvinist (chauvinist person) · uk шовіні́стка (chauvinist person) · ca xovinista (chauvinist person) · cs šovinista (chauvinist person) · be шавіні́стка (chauvinist person) · cmn 沙文主義者 /沙文主义者 (chauvinist person) · ru шовини́ст (chauvinist person) · pl szowinistka (chauvinist person) · be шавіні́ст (chauvinist person)