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