chauvinism (noun) - blind or aggressive patriotism or nationalism; any excessive bias or partisanship for a specific group, culture, or cause [shoh-vuh-niz-uhm]
a chauvinist is a zealous nationalist or champion of a specific group. The term is generally used to refer to male chauvinists, who espouse the superiority of men over women.
chauvinistic also tends to mean acting or seeming to act from the conviction that women are inferior to men
BREAKDOWN: Nicholas Chauvin was a soldier (likely apocryphal) in Napoleon's army noted for both blind loyalty and devotion to his commander and loud-mouthed patriotism.
“Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another.” —Anne Sullivan Macy
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