Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A person imbued with chauvinism; a chauvin.
Wiktionary
- adj. pejorative chauvinistic.
- n. pejorative A chauvinistic person.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an extreme bellicose nationalist
- n. a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
Etymologies
- See chauvinism (Wiktionary)
Examples
““I do not mind the reference to my sex, or to being called a chauvinist, but I will not be called a pig!””
“He didn't mind being called a chauvinist, but he hated being called Butt.”
“Why "chauvinist"? by Biff Elliott on Friday, Jan 16, 2009 at 5: 52: 28 PM just because, but since you asked by Peter Dearman on Saturday, Jan 17, 2009 at 9: 49: 32 AM”
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“Kurds were quick to condemn his remarks as "chauvinist".”
“chauvinist" shouldn't be here, because it opens up a floodgate of other words ....”
“The plot involves Danny who was born with a nose like an olive, fixes it and tries to fix his life by lying to women just to get laid... and "get laid" is the appropriate terminology, as he is the quintessential chauvinist pig.”
The Huffington Post: Carole Mallory: Jennifer Aniston Just Goes With It
“Once it was clear that games fell into the purview of electronics, and electronics are for boyz, the demographic was established, and the ad industry was off to the races — spewing purely male, chauvinist, exploitive material down our throats for the next 20 years.”
“There's some tweaking of both feminist and male chauvinist canards in the new sketch, which degenerates quickly into a session of gripes and accusations, the women playing absurdist versions of themselves.”
The Washington Post: Tom Shales reviews tonight's retrospecial,'The Women of "Saturday Night Live"'
“In the book – written by a ghostwriter who conducted 50 hours of interviews with the WikiLeaks chief – Assange says "I may be a chauvinist pig of some sort but I am no rapist.”
“Menessos was not a male chauvinist like the leadership of the Romanian wæres so blatantly was.”
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