chauvinistic

/tʃˌoʊvənˈɪstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

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adj

Derogatory

"It would be smallmindedly chauvinistic to pretend that Scotland was other than a strong participant in the furthering of British Imperial ambitions."

Etymology tree English chauvinist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chauvinistic From chauvinist + -ic.

more chauvinistic (comparative) most chauvinistic (superlative)

chauvinistically nonchauvinistic unchauvinistic

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How do you pronounce chauvinistic?

The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˌoʊvənˈɪstɪk/.

What does chauvinistic mean?

Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.

Where does chauvinistic come from?

Etymology tree English chauvinist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chauvinistic From chauvinist + -ic.

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