chauvinism

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n. 盲目的爱国主义, 沙文主义 [法] 沙文主义

发音

UK /ˈʃəʊ.vɪ.nɪ.zəm/
其它
US /ˈʃoʊ.vɪˌnɪzəm/
AU /ˈʃəʊ.və.nɪ.zəm/

词形变化

chauvinisms 复数 chauvinisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.

    沙文主义

    盲目的爱国心

    可数 贬义 不可数

    (C. S.) Lewis occasionally expressed a somewhat tongue-in-cheek chauvinism towards the English. Describing an encounter with a fellow Irishman, he wrote: "Like all Irish people who meet in England, we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race.

  2. 2.

    Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.

    沙文主义

    可数 贬义 不可数

    Feminists say that male chauvinism is still prevalent in cultures worldwide.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

antifeminism jingoism male chauvinism superpatriotism ultranationalism

上位词 3

patriotism nationalism sexism

相关短语

male chauvinism [法] 大男人沙文主义 carbon chauvinism female chauvinism 女尊男卑

词源

Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.

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