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单词 chauvinism
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chauvinism

noun
/ˈʃəʊvɪnɪzəm/
/ˈʃəʊvɪnɪzəm/
[uncountable] (disapproving)
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  1. an aggressive and unreasonable belief that your own country is better than all others
    • It was a typical case of British chauvinism and insularity.
    • national/cultural chauvinism
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • male
    • cultural
    • national
    See full entry
  2. (also male chauvinism)
    the belief held by some men that men are more important, intelligent, etc. than women
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • male
    • cultural
    • national
    See full entry
  3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: named after Nicolas Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran noted for his extreme patriotism, popularized as a character by the Cogniard brothers in Cocarde Tricolore (1831).
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