chauvinist
noun
a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
chauvinists
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pluralof chauvinist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
Her delightful novel “Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead” is about an astrology-obsessed woman who rails against the local hunters, policemen and other chauvinists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
Ventimiglia has made a career out of playing chauvinists as romantics, the type of guy who loves you so much he has to boss you around.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2016
Mann came to regret his fulminations long before 1933, when a more noxious band of German chauvinists drove him into exile.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2010
Even the base insinuations of the Anglo-French chauvinists to the secret compact between the Soviet Government and the Germans, might in case that treaty had been signed find credence in certain circles of European laborers.
From From October to Brest-Litovsk by Leon Davidovich Trotzky
