chauvinistchau‧vin‧ist /ˈʃəʊvɪnɪst $ ˈʃoʊ-/ noun [countable] 
He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)2someone who believes that their own country or race is better or more important than any other—chauvinist adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A self-confessed male chauvinist, he had no idea how to look after himself after his wife died.
- Religious chauvinists have been the main cause of trouble in the province.
- A female chauvinist approach might be to describe men as a kind of afterthought in the scheme of existence.
- A motley crew for the most part, with the reputation of being beer-swilling, womanising chauvinists.
- Anyone who says that is a chauvinist.
- Beneath its denunciation of war and its apparent modernity there is the chauvinist roar of good and evil.
- In a nation of committed male chauvinists, all this excitement may stimulate a desire to pinch a schoolgirl's bottom.
- It's just that male chauvinists were called sons of empire then.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is prejudiced
someone who has a completely unreasonable hatred for people of a different race, religion etc, based on strong and fixed opinions: · Critics say the mayor is a bigot who is inflaming racial tensions in his city.· a religious bigot
someone who believes that people of their own race are naturally better, more intelligent etc than people of other races, and therefore treat them badly and unfairly: · There has been a rise in attacks on asylum seekers made by skinheads and other racists.· He is accused of being a racist after refusing to be interviewed by a black journalist.· She denies being a racist, claiming to be merely patriotic.
someone who believes that their own sex is naturally better and deserves better jobs, education etc than the other, usually a man who thinks men are better than women: · My ex-husband was a real sexist, who didn't think our daughters should have jobs at all.· She vows to continue her fight against those she calls 'the racists and sexists who dominate the church'.
someone who believes that the group they belong to is better than other groups, especially men who believe that they are better than women, or people who believe that their country is best: · Religious chauvinists have been the main cause of trouble in the province.male chauvinist: · A self-confessed male chauvinist, he had no idea how to look after himself after his wife died.
a man who hates women: · The movie is a moral tale about a misogynist who dies and is reborn as a beautiful woman.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1someone, especially a man, who believes that their own sex is better or more important than the other sex: He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist) (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)
(=a man who thinks women are not equal to men)
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Who said his age excused him from being a male chauvinist?· The producer was Av Westin, who is a staunch male chauvinist, but there was absolutely no hesitation, no objection.· In a nation of committed male chauvinists, all this excitement may stimulate a desire to pinch a schoolgirl's bottom.· No wonder male chauvinists want to reclaim the sole right to do so.
He’s a bit of a male chauvinist. a male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male chauvinist)2someone who believes that their own country or race is better or more important than any other—chauvinist adjective