sauvinisme
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch chauvinisme, from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. Reconstructed as sauvinis + -isme.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sauvinisme (first-person possessive sauvinismeku, second-person possessive sauvinismemu, third-person possessive sauvinismenya)
Alternative forms edit
- cauvinisme (Standard Malay)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sauvinisme” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.