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| chau·vin·ism [ shṓvə nìzzəm ] |
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1. aggressive patriotism: unreasoning, overenthusiastic, or aggressive patriotism
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2. sense of superiority: an excessive or prejudiced loyalty to a particular gender, group, or cause
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| [Late 19th century. < French chauvinisme, after Nicolas Chauvin, character in the play La cocarde tricolore (1831) by the brothers Cogniard] |
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