Chauvinism

Definitions

1. Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
   countable, derogatory, uncountable
2. Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
   countable, derogatory, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“(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⟳.”

“Feminists say⟳ that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide.”

““This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!” Jack said.”

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