male chauvinist

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of male chauvinist¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

What I recall most vividly aren’t details of the wildly hyped tennis match between Billie Jean King, 29, one of the world’s top female players, and former champion Bobby Riggs, a 55-year-old self-proclaimed male chauvinist.

From Washington Post

Playboy hailed it as a “stunning tour de force,” speculating that, “even the most militant male chauvinist will find it difficult to cling to all his prior convictions in the face of the evidence marshaled here.”

From Nautilus

Related Words

• anti-feminist
• sexist