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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
chauvinistic
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He doesn't even try to hide his chauvinistic attitude toward women.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even knowing this, I still feel very chauvinistic about some of our native grains.
▪ The man was insufferable, an egotistical, chauvinistic monster.
▪ This may have to do with our chauvinistic attachment to learning as an exclusive mark of our species.
▪ Your chauvinistic behaviour has made me late.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
chauvinistic

chauvinistic \chauvinistic\ adj. fanatically patriotic.

Syn: flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultrapatriotic.

Wiktionary
chauvinistic

a. (context pejorative English) Of or pertaining to chauvinism or chauvinists.

WordNet
chauvinistic

adj. fanatically patriotic [syn: flag-waving(a), jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic]

Usage examples of "chauvinistic".

Accordingly, he had wanted to find the right person for the job, someone without a lot of scruples, in case draconian methods became necessary, someone highly chauvinistic in the nonsexist sense of the term, and someone with some serious experience.

I which had been a chauvinistic touch on his part, since she was financially secure on her own.

Nick had said that he'd see she remained financially secure - I which had been a chauvinistic touch on his part, since she was financially secure on her own.

Kate was so pleased with Masterson's chauvinistic remark, she could have kissed his wrinkled cheek.

If we're talking about people being chauvinistic, what about the French?

Oh, there were chauvinistic bigots (like Zhaarnak's father, for example) on both sides of almost any interspecies line, and fundamental differences in outlook and honor codes could contribute mightily to the .

How can we care about a man who throws away his life for an empty-headed doll like Selina Denton whose personality appeals to men satisfied with women whose breasts and rear are extravagantly rounded in the cliché style of male chauvinistic fantasy?

One person fell through into Malesco from Earth and was given some sort of super-beauty treatment and enthroned as a goddess mouthing what I couldn't help regarding as rather chauvinistic gibberish from the clouds.

And, while other freshmen were hanging identical chauvinistic fabrics on the walls of their dormitories in the Yard, Ted hung his over the desk in his tiny bedroom.

In just three days, we begin to reform those chauvinistic pigs of homos, and with my husband's demonstrations, believe you me, kiddo, the place will be full of standing ovations.

Actually, focusing on organic matter and liquid water is not nearly so parochial and chauvinistic as it might seem.