Chauvinistic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chauvinism \Chau"vin*ism\, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas
     Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and
     threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief,
     Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor,
     1831).]
     1. Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an


        obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or
        exaggerated patriotism.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. exaggerated and unreasoning partisanship to any group or
        cause; -- as, male chauvinism, i.e. belief in the
        superiority of males.
        [PJC] -- {Chau"vin*ist}, n. & adj. -- {Chau`vin*is"tic},
        a.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's
           country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the
           latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful
           and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult,
           and to offend by its very frankness. --Prof. H. Tuttle.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  chauvinistic \chauvinistic\ adj.
     fanatically patriotic.
  
     Syn: flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, nationalistic,
          superpatriotic, ultrapatriotic.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chauvinistic
       adj : fanatically patriotic [syn: {flag-waving(a)}, {jingoistic},
             {nationalistic}, {ultranationalistic}, {superpatriotic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "chauvinistic":
     antiblack, biased, chauvinist, civic, colored, doctrinaire,
     dogmatic, flag-waving, influenced, interested, jaundiced, jingoist,
     know-nothing, nationalistic, nonobjective, one-sided, opinionated,
     overpatriotic, partial, partisan, patriotic, prejudiced,
     prepossessed, public-spirited, racist, sexist, superpatriotic,
     swayed, twisted, ultranationalist, undetached, undispassionate,
     warped, xenophobic