adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to chauvinism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
chauvinist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
Meaning 3
A chauvinistic person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
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noun
Meaning 4
an extreme bellicose nationalist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: patriot, nationalist
noun
Meaning 5
a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bigot
History
Etymology
See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: xovinista — pertaining to chauvinism
- Czech: šovinistický — pertaining to chauvinism
- Finnish: sovinistinen — pertaining to chauvinism
- German: chauvinistisch — pertaining to chauvinism
- Irish: seobhaineach — pertaining to chauvinism
- Portuguese: chauvinista — pertaining to chauvinism
- Russian: шовини́стский (šovinístskij) — pertaining to chauvinism
- Russian: шовинисти́ческий (šovinistíčeskij) — pertaining to chauvinism
- Spanish: chovinista — pertaining to chauvinism
- Swedish: chauvinistisk — pertaining to chauvinism
- Vietnamese: sô-vanh — pertaining to chauvinism
- Arabic: شُوفِينِّيّ (šufīnniyy) — chauvinist person
- Belarusian: шавіні́ст (šaviníst) — chauvinist person
- Belarusian: шавіні́стка (šavinístka) — chauvinist person
- Catalan: xovinista — chauvinist person
- Chinese Mandarin: 盲目的愛國者 /盲目的爱国者 (mángmù de àiguózhě) — chauvinist person
- Chinese Mandarin: 沙文主義者 /沙文主义者 (shāwénzhǔyìzhě) — chauvinist person
- Crimean Tatar: şovinist — chauvinist person
- Czech: šovinista — chauvinist person
- Czech: šovinistka — chauvinist person
- Dutch: chauvinist — chauvinist person
- Esperanto: ŝovinisto — chauvinist person
- Finnish: sovinisti — chauvinist person
- French: chauviniste — chauvinist person
- French: chauvin — chauvinist person
- German: Chauvinist — chauvinist person
- German: Chauvinistin — chauvinist person
- Japanese: ショービニスト (shōbinisuto) — chauvinist person
- Japanese: 熱狂的愛国者 — chauvinist person
- Japanese: 盲目的愛国者 (mōmokuteki aikokusha) — chauvinist person
- Korean: 쇼비니스트 (syobiniseuteu) — chauvinist person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sjåvinist — chauvinist person
- Polish: szowinista — chauvinist person
- Polish: szowinistka — chauvinist person
- Portuguese: chauvinista — chauvinist person
- Russian: шовини́ст (šoviníst) — chauvinist person
- Russian: шовини́стка (šovinístka) — chauvinist person
- Swedish: chauvinist — chauvinist person
- Ukrainian: шовіні́ст (šoviníst) — chauvinist person
- Ukrainian: шовіні́стка (šovinístka) — chauvinist person
- Vietnamese: kẻ sô-vanh — chauvinist person