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chauvinism
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chauvinism
[n] - fanatical patriotism Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=chauvinism
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Chauvinism
Chau'vin·ism noun [ French chauvinisme , from Chauvin , a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815.] Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obs... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/58
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chauvinism
jingoism noun fanatical patriotism Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chauvinism
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Chauvinism
• (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/chauvinism/
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chauvinism
excessive and unreasonable patriotism, similar to jingoism. The word is derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier who, satisfied ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/61
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Chauvinism
Chauvinism, in its original and primary meaning, is an exaggerated, bellicose patriotism and a belief in national superiority and glory. It is an eponym of a possibly fictional French soldier Nicolas Chauvin who was credited with many superhuman feats in the Napoleonic wars. By extension, it has co... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvinism
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chauvinism
- fanatical patriotism
- activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women
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chauvinism
chauvinism (shō'vunizum) , word derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a soldier of the First French Empire. Used first for a passionate admiration of Napoleon, it now expresses exaggerated and aggressive nationalism. As a social phenomenon, chauvinism is essentially modern, becoming ma... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0811579.html
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Chauvinism
Chauvinism is fanatical devotion to a cause, especially patriotism. The term comes from Nicholas Chauvin who was a soldier so enthusiastically devoted to Napoleon that his comrades ridiculed him. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AC.HTM
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chauvinism
Unreasonable and exaggerated patriotism and pride in one's own country, with a corresponding contempt for other nations. In the mid-20th century the expression male chauvinism was coined to mean an assumed superiority of the male sex over the female Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0011129.html
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chauvinism
1) Bigotry 2) Discrimination 3) Dislike of foreigners 4) Injustice 5) Intolerance 6) Jingoism 7) Narrow-mindedness 8) Nationalism 9) Patriotism 10) Racial intolerance 11) Racism 12) Superpatriotism 13) Ultrana... Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/chauvinism/1
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