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Definition of chauvinistic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chauvinistic

adjective
 
/ˌʃəʊvɪˈnɪstɪk/
 
/ˌʃəʊvɪˈnɪstɪk/
(also less frequent chauvinist)
(disapproving)
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  1. believing that men are more important, intelligent or better than women
    • He plays a chauvinistic pig of an advertising executive.
  2. showing an aggressive and unreasonable belief that your own country is better than all others
    • chauvinistic nationalism
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