chauvinist
Pertaining to chauvinismPertaining to chauvinism.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 sensesPertaining to chauvinism.
chauvinistisch
шовини́стскийšovinístskij, шовинисти́ческийšovinistíčeskij
(derogatory)Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
Examples
8 sentencesTom is a male chauvinist.
Том — чоловічий шовініст. — deniko
Tom is a chauvinist.
Том — чоловічий шовініст. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
ruТом — шовинист. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mary can't stand Tom's boss, because he's a male chauvinist pig.
Sami sounds like a male chauvinist.
It's male chauvinist and misogynistic behavior.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different formsSee chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.
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Forms
more chauvinist, most chauvinist| Comparative | more chauvinist Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most chauvinist Lesson |
regular
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.