Chauvinist (noun)
show-vin-ist
A person who displays aggressive or exaggerated patriotism. Also, someone who shows excess prejudice in their own cause.
Nothing at all to do with misogyny unless pre-faced by ‘Male’. Named after French solider Nicolas Chauvin, who continued to fight in the Napoleonic War despite being very injured.
Example sentences
“No one has been brought to task, which considering the number of chauvinists the country breeds I’m not surprised!”
“He’s such a chauvinist, his entire country could sink to its knees and he’d still die for it.”
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