CHAUVINIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chauvinist mean? 

• CHAUVINIST (noun)
  The noun CHAUVINIST has 2 senses:

1. a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

2. an extreme bellicose nationalist

  Familiarity information: CHAUVINIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAUVINIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("chauvinist" is a kind of...):

bigot (a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own)

Derivation:

chauvinism (activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women)

chauvinistic (of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An extreme bellicose nationalist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chauvinist; flag-waver; hundred-percenter; jingo; jingoist; patrioteer

Hypernyms ("chauvinist" is a kind of...):

nationalist; patriot (one who loves and defends his or her country)

Derivation:

chauvinism (fanatical patriotism)

chauvinistic (fanatically patriotic)