chauvinism
chau·vi·nism
noun
2.
activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women
Origin
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.
Phrases
- carbon chauvinism
- Chauvinism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- female chauvinism
- male chauvinism
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