- Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism.
- Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind: “the chauvinism . . . of making extraterrestrial life in our own image” (Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.).
[French chauvinisme, after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary French soldier famous for his devotion to Napoleon.]
chauvinist chau'vin·ist n.chauvinistic chau'vin·is'tic adj.
chauvinistically chau'vin·is'ti·cal·ly adv.




