| 释义 |
chau·vin·ism
I. \ˈshōvə̇ˌnizəm\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French chauvinisme, from chauvin warmonger (after Chauvin, a very patriotic soldier in La Cocarde tricolore, play written 1831 by Charles T. and Jean Hippolyte Cogniard, after Nicolas Chauvin fl 1815 legendary French soldier very devoted to Napoleon) + -isme -ism
1. : excessive especially blind patriotism — compare jingoism
2. : undue especially invidious attachment or partiality for a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged
< professional chauvinisms — Wilbur Zelinsky >
< the passionate chauvinism of a child away from home — John Woodburn >
II. noun
: an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex ; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude |