[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
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)