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Antonyms for chauvinism

Grammar : Noun
Spell : shoh-vuh-niz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊ vəˌnɪz əm

Definition of chauvinism

Origin :
  • 1840, "exaggerated, blind patriotism," from French chauvinisme (1839), from the character Nicholas Chauvin, soldier of Napoleon's Grand Armee, notoriously attached to the Empire long after it was history, in the Cogniards' popular 1831 vaudeville "La Cocarde Tricolore."
  • Meaning extended to "sexism" via male chauvinism (1969). The name is a French form of Latin Calvinus and thus Calvinism and chauvinism are, etymologically, twins. The name was a common one in Napoleon's army, and if there was a real person at the base of the character in the play, he has not been certainly identified by etymologists, though memoirs of Waterloo (one published in Paris in 1822) mention "one of our principal piqueurs, named Chauvin, who had returned with Napoleon from Elba," which implies loyalty.
  • noun extreme devotion to a belief or nation
Example sentences :
  • This chauvinism has increased to a paroxysm, bordering on insanity.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) » by Various
  • Chauvinism is nowhere more repellent than in the things of the mind.
  • Extract from : « The American Spirit in Literature, » by Bliss Perry
  • But democracy in Japan does not mean a diminution of Chauvinism in foreign policy.
  • Extract from : « The Problem of China » by Bertrand Russell
  • In a specially marked manner the pan-Serb chauvinism showed itself during the Bosnian crisis.
  • Extract from : « Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised) » by Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History
  • The pan-Serb chauvinism appeared especially marked during the Bosnian crisis.
  • Extract from : « Why We Are At War (2nd Edition, revised) » by Members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History
  • Nowhere in the world is there so much declamation about Chauvinism as in Germany, and nowhere is so little of it to be found.
  • Extract from : « Gems (?) of German Thought » by Various
  • England never repells talent or aptitude from an absurd prejudice of Chauvinism.
  • Extract from : « My Friends the Savages » by Giovanni Battista Cerruti
  • Their neighbors accuse them of having traces of the chauvinism of bygone days, but not altogether with justice.
  • Extract from : « Sweden » by Victor Nilsson
  • In social consideration everything else takes precedence of nationality, even in those circles where Chauvinism is a cult.
  • Extract from : « The Great Illusion » by Norman Angell
  • As such it not infrequently deteriorates into the idle sound and fury of Junkerdom, Chauvinism and Jingoism.
  • Extract from : « The Human Slaughter-House » by Wilhelm Lamszus

Synonyms for chauvinism

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