chauvinist
Americannoun
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a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
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a person who believes one gender is superior to the other, as a or a
Other Word Forms
- chauvinistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of chauvinist
First recorded in 1860–65; chauvin(ism) ( def. ) + -ist ( def. )
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On 20 September 1973, an estimated 90 million people around the world watched Billie Jean King beat self-proclaimed chauvinist Bobby Riggs in a best-of-five match at the Houston Astrodome.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
But, more importantly, they are subversive — a powerful statement of noncompliance to chauvinist systems of control.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024
Moayed recalled saying that he didn’t want to play Torvald as a “chest-out” chauvinist, someone who would physically threaten his wife.
From New York Times • May 23, 2023
AP: A year later, you famously beat self-proclaimed chauvinist Bobby Riggs in the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match viewed by millions on TV.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022
But this last alternative seems to me to be special pleading: I am, reluctantly, a self-confessed carbon chauvinist.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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