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Borrowed from French chauvinisme (idealistic devotion to Napoleon), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers. The surname is from Latin Calvīnus, a Roman cognomen (whence also the surname Calvin and thereby English Calvinism), from the adjective calvus (bald) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H- (bald)).

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chauvinism (countable and uncountable, plural chauvinisms)

  1. (derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
  2. (derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
    Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide.
    • 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 312:
      “This is an outrageous example of unconscious racial chauvinism!” Jack said.

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From French chauvinisme.

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chauvinism c

  1. chauvinism

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Declension of chauvinism 
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Nominative chauvinism chauvinismen
Genitive chauvinisms chauvinismens

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