Chauvinism



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 沙文主义, 盲目爱国主义
• ［英］ n. 沙文主义, 盲目爱国主义 ( fanatic patriotism; jingoism)
• ［记］ 来自一剧中人名: Chauvin, 因其过分的爱国主义和对拿破仑的忠诚而闻名;

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, character noted for his excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon in Théodore and Hippolyte Cogniard's play La Cocarde tricolore (1831)
• Date: 1851
• 1. excessive or blind patriotism — compare jingoism
• 2. undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged
• 3. an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; also behavior expressive of such an attitude
• ? chauvinist noun or adjective
• ? chauvinistic adjective
• ? chauvinistically adverb

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