chauvinist

My-group-is-best believer

A chauvinist is someone with excessive loyalty to their own group, coupled with contempt for others.

The word originally described exaggerated patriotism—blind devotion to one's country.

Now it most often appears as male chauvinist or simply chauvinist to mean a man who believes in male superiority: He's such a chauvinist—he thinks women shouldn't work.

person

bigot

Intolerant, prejudiced person

jerk · blowhard · boor · brute · misogynist · snob · bully · know-it-all · egotist · zealot

sexism

misogyny

Hostility toward women

objectification · male-dominated · stereotyping · hypermasculinity · mansplaining · condescension · dismissiveness · inequality · discrimination · patronizing

bias

prejudice

Preformed unfavorable opinion

discrimination · narrow-mindedness · one-sidedness · partisanship · intolerance · dogmatism · close-mindedness · supremacist · insularity · parochialism

nationalism

jingoism

Bellicose extreme patriotism

xenophobia · nativism · warmongering · bellicosity · hawkish · militarism · imperialism · expansionism · ethnocentrism · propaganda

Categories
Opposites
gender attitudes

chauvinistfeminist

Gender equality proponent

egalitarian · women's rights advocate · equalist · antisexist · suffragist

national/group loyalty

chauvinistinternationalist

Supporter of worldwide cooperation

cosmopolitan · globalist · neutralist · multiculturalist · universalist

tolerance and open-mindedness

chauvinisttolerant

Accepting of differences

egalitarian · open-minded · inclusive · fair-minded · unprejudiced

Phrases
Family

chauvinism, chauvinistic, chauvinists, male chauvinist

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG