chauvinism

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noun

Plural noun:

chauvinisms

1.
(countable, derogatory, uncountable)Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
(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.
2.
(countable, derogatory, uncountable)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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jingoism

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Borrowed from French chauvinisme (idealistic devotion to Napoleon), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.