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Etymology

From French chauvinisme (originally ‘idealistic devotion to Napoleon’), named from Nicolas Chauvin de Rochefort, a soldier of the First Republic known for his excessive patriotism, especially famous after featuring as a character in Cogniard's play La Cocarde Tricolore.

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Wikipedia has an article on: Chauvinism

Wikipedia chauvinism (countable and uncountable; plural chauvinisms)

  1. Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
  2. 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.

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Noun

Declination for chauvinism Singular Uncountable
Common Indefinite Definite
Base form chauvinism chauvinismen
Possessive form chauvinisms chauvinismens

chauvinism c.

  1. chauvinism

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