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chauvin.

jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

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Meaning & usage

adj/ʃo.vɛ̃/
  1. jingoist (which demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

    derogatory
Where this word comes from

From Chauvin, named after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers (1831).

noun/ʃo.vɛ̃/
  1. jingoist (someone who demonstrates an excessive patriotism or an eagerness for national superiority)

    derogatory · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Chauvin, named after Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers (1831).

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