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CHAUVINIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extreme bellicose nationalist
Synonyms:
chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("chauvinist" is a kind of...):
nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)
Derivation:
chauvinism (fanatical patriotism)
chauvinistic (fanatically patriotic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("chauvinist" is a kind of...):
bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)
Derivation:
chauvinism (activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women)
chauvinistic (of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind)
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