chauvinist

See also: Chauvinist

English

Etymology

See chauvinism.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

chauvinist (comparative more chauvinist, superlative most chauvinist)

1. Pertaining to chauvinism.
   • 2006, Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture:

     Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]

2. (derogatory) Chauvinistic; excessively patriotic or heavily biased.

Derived terms

• antichauvinist
• carbon chauvinist
• nonchauvinist

 

Translations

pertaining to chauvinism

• Catalan: xovinista (ca)
• Czech: šovinistický m
• Finnish: sovinistinen (fi)
• German: chauvinistisch (de)
• Irish: seobhaineach
• Portuguese: chauvinista (pt)
• Russian: шовини́стский (ru) (šovinístskij), шовинисти́ческий (ru) (šovinistíčeskij)
• Spanish: chovinista
• Swedish: chauvinistisk (sv)

chauvinistic — see chauvinistic

Noun

chauvinist (plural chauvinists)

1. (derogatory) A chauvinistic person.
   • 2014, Sadegh Shajari, Chain Reaction and Chaos: Toward Modern Persia, page 28:

     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.

Derived terms

• female chauvinist
• male chauvinist

 

Translations

chauvinist person

• Arabic: شُوفِينِّيّ m (šufīnniyy)
• Belarusian: шавіні́ст m (šaviníst), шавіні́стка f (šavinístka)
• Catalan: xovinista (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盲目的愛國者／盲目的爱国者 (mángmù de àiguózhě), 沙文主義者／沙文主义者 (shāwénzhǔyìzhě)

• Crimean Tatar: şovinist
• Czech: šovinista m, šovinistka f
• Dutch: chauvinist (nl) m
• Esperanto: ŝovinisto
• Finnish: sovinisti (fi)
• French: chauviniste (fr) m or f, (pejorative) chauvin (fr) m
• German: Chauvinist (de) m, Chauvinistin (de) f
• Japanese: ショービニスト (shōbinisuto), 熱狂的愛国者 (ねっきょうてきあいこくしゃ nekkyōteki aikokusha), 盲目的愛国者 (もうもくてきあいこくしゃ, mōmokuteki aikokusha)
• Korean: 쇼비니스트 (syobiniseuteu)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjåvinist m
• Polish: szowinista (pl) m, szowinistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: chauvinista (pt) m or f
• Russian: шовини́ст (ru) m (šoviníst), шовини́стка (ru) f (šovinístka)
• Swedish: chauvinist (sv)
• Ukrainian: шовіні́ст m (šoviníst), шовіні́стка f (šovinístka)
• Vietnamese: sô vanh chủ nghĩa, Sôvanh chủ nghĩa, sô vanh (vi)

Swedish

Noun

chauvinist c

1. chauvinist

Declension

Declension of chauvinist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	chauvinist	chauvinists
	definite	chauvinisten	chauvinistens
plural	indefinite	chauvinister	chauvinisters
	definite	chauvinisterna	chauvinisternas

Related terms

• chauvinism
• chauvinistisk

References

• chauvinist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• chauvinist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)