Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chauvinist

/ʃˈoʊvənəst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: chau-vin-ist
IPA: /ʃˈoʊvənəst/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to chauvinism.

adj

Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.

Derogatory

noun

A chauvinistic person.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]"
"Any one of the three corners could represent one of the three constituents of Iranian tri-polar culture—pan-Islamists, anti-Islam Persian chauvinists and Westernized Islamophobians."

Etymology

See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

more chauvinist (comparative) most chauvinist (superlative) chauvinists (plural)

Derived Forms

antichauvinist chauvinistic nonchauvinist

Phrases

carbon chauvinist female chauvinist male chauvinist

Synonyms

jingoist jingo flag-waver hundred-percenter patrioteer

Questions

How do you pronounce chauvinist?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃˈoʊvənəst/.
What does chauvinist mean?: Pertaining to chauvinism.
Where does chauvinist come from?: See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.

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