Meanings
comparative more chauvinist · superlative most chauvinist
- Pertaining to chauvinism.
Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]
2006, Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture - derogatoryChauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.
plural chauvinists
- derogatoryA chauvinistic person.
Any one of the three corners could represent one of the three constituents of Iranian tri-polar culture—pan-Islamists, anti-Islam Persian chauvinists and Westernized Islamophobians.
2014, Sadegh Shajari, Chain Reaction and Chaos: Toward Modern Persia, page 28
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan extreme bellicose nationalist
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See chauvinism. Piecewise doublet of Calvinist, since both terms come from different forms of the same name.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شُوفِينِّيّ
- شُوفِينِّيّ (šufīnniyy)chauvinist person
Catalan xovinista, xovinista
- xovinistapertaining to chauvinism
- xovinistachauvinist person
Chinese Mandarin 盲目的愛國者 /盲目的爱国者, 沙文主義者 /沙文主义者
- 盲目的愛國者 /盲目的爱国者 (mángmù de àiguózhě)chauvinist person
- 沙文主義者 /沙文主义者 (shāwénzhǔyìzhě)chauvinist person
Czech šovinistický, šovinista
- šovinistickýpertaining to chauvinism
- šovinistachauvinist person
- šovinistkachauvinist person
Dutch chauvinist
- chauvinistchauvinist person
Esperanto ŝovinisto
- ŝovinistochauvinist person
Finnish sovinistinen, sovinisti
- sovinistinenpertaining to chauvinism
- sovinistichauvinist person
French chauviniste, chauvin
- chauvinistechauvinist person
- chauvinchauvinist person
German chauvinistisch, Chauvinist
- chauvinistischpertaining to chauvinism
- Chauvinistchauvinist person
- Chauvinistinchauvinist person
Irish seobhaineach
- seobhaineachpertaining to chauvinism
Japanese ショービニスト, 熱狂的愛国者
- ショービニスト (shōbinisuto)chauvinist person
- 熱狂的愛国者chauvinist person
- 盲目的愛国者 (mōmokuteki aikokusha)chauvinist person
Korean 쇼비니스트
- 쇼비니스트 (syobiniseuteu)chauvinist person
Polish szowinista, szowinistka
- szowinistachauvinist person
- szowinistkachauvinist person
Portuguese chauvinista, chauvinista
- chauvinistapertaining to chauvinism
- chauvinistachauvinist person
Russian шовини́стский, шовинисти́ческий
- шовини́стский (šovinístskij)pertaining to chauvinism
- шовинисти́ческий (šovinistíčeskij)pertaining to chauvinism
- шовини́ст (šoviníst)chauvinist person
- шовини́стка (šovinístka)chauvinist person
Spanish chovinista
- chovinistapertaining to chauvinism
Swedish chauvinistisk, chauvinist
- chauvinistiskpertaining to chauvinism
- chauvinistchauvinist person
Ukrainian шовіні́ст, шовіні́стка
- шовіні́ст (šoviníst)chauvinist person
- шовіні́стка (šovinístka)chauvinist person
Vietnamese sô-vanh, kẻ sô-vanh
- sô-vanhpertaining to chauvinism
- kẻ sô-vanhchauvinist person
Cite this entry
chauvinist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chauvinist
“chauvinist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chauvinist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chauvinist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chauvinist.
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