chauvinist

[shoh-vuh-nist]

noun

1. a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.

2. a person who believes one gender is superior to the other, as a or a

Other Word Forms

• chauvinistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chauvinist¹

First recorded in 1860–65; chauvin(ism) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )

Example Sentences

Jade McGlynn sees no prospect at all, unless the vision that led to the invasion of Ukraine - "this imperial, chauvinist vision of Russia" – is defeated.

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Depicting the casually abusive, chauvinist male pig we’ve seen countless times before isn’t unique enough to warrant inflicting audiences with more run-of-the-mill sequences of abject violence against women, or even robots who look like women.

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You told GQ it embodied “a chauvinist culture in our country.”

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They did this as a way to gain status from the dominant group and overcome oppression by acting like male chauvinists.

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Instead, they choose to transform the hedonistic and chauvinist Patrick.

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Related Words

• female chauvinist 
• male chauvinist 
• misogynist