male chauvinist
noun
a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
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Origin of male chauvinist
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby male chauvinist
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