chauvinism

chauvinism
[ˈʃəʊv(ɪ)nɪz(ə)m]
noun
  1. [mass noun]exaggerated or aggressive patriotism
    狭隘爱国主义;沙文主义
    ■excessive or prejudiced support or loyalty for one's own cause, group, or sex
    本事业第一主义;本群体第一主义;本性别第一主义
    a bastion of male chauvinism.
    大男子主义的捍卫者。
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: named after Nicolas Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran noted for his extreme patriotism, popularized as a character by the Cogniard brothers in Cocarde Tricolore (1831)
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