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chauvinistic 音标拼音: [tʃ ,ovən'ɪstɪk] a. 盲目的爱国心的,沙文主义的 盲目的爱国心的,沙文主义的 chauvinistic adj 1: of or relating to persons convinced of the superiority of their own gender or kind 2: fanatically patriotic [ synonym: { chauvinistic}, { flag- waving( a)}, { jingoistic}, { nationalistic}, { ultranationalistic}, { superpatriotic}] Chauvinism \ Chau" vin* ism\, n. [ F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 ( in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. [ 1913 Webster] 2. exaggerated and unreasoning partisanship to any group or cause; -- as, male chauvinism, i. e. belief in the superiority of males. [ PJC] -- { Chau" vin* ist}, n. & adj. -- { Chau` vin* is" tic}, a. [ 1913 Webster] Note: To have a generous belief in the greatness of one' s country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness. -- Prof. H. Tuttle. [ 1913 Webster]
chauvinistic \ chauvinistic\ adj. fanatically patriotic. Syn: flag- waving( prenominal), jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultrapatriotic. [ WordNet 1. 5] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " chauvinistic": antiblack, biased, chauvinist, civic, colored, doctrinaire, dogmatic, flag- waving, influenced, interested, jaundiced, jingoist, know- nothing, nationalistic, nonobjective, one- sided, opinionated, overpatriotic, partial, partisan, patriotic, prejudiced, prepossessed, public- spirited, racist, sexist, superpatriotic, swayed, twisted, ultranationalist, undetached, undispassionate, warped, xenophobic
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