Excessive nationalism and aggrandizement of one's own category or group, often accompanied by a belligerent, aggressive attitude. The word is derived from the name of a French soldier, Nicolas Chauvin, who continually talked of the achievements of Napoleon I, even after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
Chauvinism (pronounced /ˈʃoʊvɨnɪzəm/) is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and ...
chauvinism (shō`vənĭzəm), word derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier of the First French Empire. Used first for a passionate admiration of Napoleon, it now ...
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