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PRONUNCIATION OF MALE CHAUVINISM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALE CHAUVINISM

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Male chauvinism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MALE CHAUVINISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chauvinism

Chauvinism, in its original meaning, is an exaggerated patriotism and a belligerent belief in national superiority and glory. Its eponym is a seemingly apocryphal French soldier Nicolas Chauvin, who was badly wounded in the Napoleonic wars. He received a pension for his injuries but it was not enough to live on. After Napoleon abdicated, Chauvin was a fanatical Bonapartist despite the unpopularity of this view in Bourbon Restoration France. His single-minded blind devotion to his cause, despite neglect by his faction and harassment by its enemies, started the use of the term. By extension, it has come to include an extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of any group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards rival groups. Jingoism is the British parallel form of this French word, but its meaning has not expanded beyond nationalism in the same way that the word chauvinism has. A contemporary use of the term in English is in the phrase male chauvinism....

Definition of male chauvinism in the English dictionary

The definition of male chauvinism in the dictionary is the belief, held or alleged to be held by certain men, that men are inherently superior to women.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MALE CHAUVINISM

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Synonyms and antonyms of male chauvinism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «male chauvinism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALE CHAUVINISM

Find out the translation of male chauvinism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of male chauvinism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «male chauvinism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大男子主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

machismo
570 millions of speakers

English

male chauvinism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुरुष वर्चस्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشوفينية الذكورية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мужской шовинизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

machismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উগ্র পুরুষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

machisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chauvinisme lelaki
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chauvinismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

男性優越主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

남성 우월주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chauvinism lanang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ nghĩa Sô vanh nam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆண் பேரினவாதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नर अप्रचलितपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Erkek şovenizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maschilismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

męski szowinizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чоловічий шовінізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șovinism masculin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανδρικό σωβινισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

manlike chauvinisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chauvinism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mannlig sjåvinisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of male chauvinism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALE CHAUVINISM»

The term «male chauvinism» is normally little used and occupies the 126.319 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALE CHAUVINISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about male chauvinism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALE CHAUVINISM»

Discover the use of male chauvinism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to male chauvinism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Misogyny: The Male Malady
Semantics: Misogyny and Male Chauvinism As I perceive it, misogyny is not the same as simple male political dominance, which we might distinguish semantically as ''male chauvinism.'' For heuristic purposes, I would like to make a  ...
David D. Gilmore, 2011
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The Black Panthers Speak
What is the Black Panther party's position on male chauvinism? The fight against male chauvinism is a class struggle — that's hard for people to understand. To understand male chauvinism one has to understand that it is interlocked with ...
Philip Sheldon Foner, 2002
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Indian English Literature
THORN IN THE FLESH: MALE- CHAUVINISM AND FEMALE-APATHY IN ANITA DESAI'S FASTING, FEASTING ASHA CHOUBEY * In the days of Adam and Eve, inequality of sexes was not known but down the ages women have been ...
Basavaraj S. Naikar, 2002
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The Civil Rights Movement Revisited: Critical Perspectives ...
in 1966, some women thought it was only a "harmless joke", but most regarded this statement as a sad manifestation of the new male chauvinism within SNCC. They became increasingly angry about this "betrayal" of the organization's old ...
Patrick B. Miller, Therese Frey Steffen, Elisabeth Schäfer-Wünsche, 2001
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Red Feminism: American Communism and the Making of Women's ...
As early as January 28, 1948, one angry woman acted on Millard's directive to fight male chauvinism as well as class exploitation and exhorted that We women would like to see some study of male chauvinism in the United States. And we ...
Kate Weigand, 2002
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Married and Lonely
A person may ask what a male chauvinism has to do with marriage and loneliness. Well, a male chauvinist is a jealous and controlling person, who often suspects his wife of cheating or having an extra marital affair. Male chauvinist insecurity ...
Garry T. Rodgers, 2008
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Interpreting Folklore
Both the crowing hen and the Easter bunny would appear to be deep-seated facets of male chauvinism in American culture. They tend to reinforce norms which seek to inhibit the full development of female activities or to falsely claim full male ...
Alan Dundes, 1980
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The New Brothers Grimm and Their Left Behind Fairy Tales
This monotonous pro-life message will continue through the rest of the series. Another moral point emerges in Soul Harvest. Male chauvinism makes a subtle appearance. Men are in charge, and women are expected to obey their husbands.
David T. Morgan, 2006
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Women in Literature: Reading Through the Lens of Gender
However, a reexamination of male-female relationships exposes Hansberry's critique of sexism and male chauvinism within Black culture. Hansberry's critique of Black manhood occurs on many fronts. Most recognizable are the Black male ...
Jerilyn Fisher, Ellen S. Silber, 2003
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Chicana Feminist Thought: The Basic Historical Writings
Because sexism and male chauvinism are so deeply rooted in this society, there is a strong ten dency, even within the Chicano movement to deny the basic right ofChicanas to or ganize around their own concrete issues. Instead they are told ...
Alma M. Garcia, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALE CHAUVINISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term male chauvinism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Balayya's Ahalya is not innocent | Radhika Apte Ahalya short film
... Marathi actress Radhika Apte went off the radar due to her controversial comments on male chauvinism in Tollywood. However, the actress is ... «Gulte, Jul 15»
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Male vs. female directions - The Ada News: Opinion
That, to me, is not the height of male chauvinism as much as the height of silliness. As long as she keeps saying “left, right or straight,” we are ... «Theadanews, Jul 15»
3
Women of color bound to Japan by love and family | The Japan Times
Others held on to suspicions about Japanese male chauvinism or their reputed passivity as prohibitive factors. I've even heard some sisters ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Delaware Shakespeare): The …
Was it written as a ridiculous farce of male chauvinism, or a societal ideal of forced feminine obeisance, in the day when most upper-class ... «Phindie, Jul 15»
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Insurance industry urged to support women entrepreneurs
Male chauvinism is still the order of the day, women are not treated equal to men, system keeps them rear seat, he added. Please enable ... «Pakistan Observer, Jul 15»
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The 20 Best Female-Driven Comedies
... and Parton live out an extreme revenge fantasy when confronting their horrid boss (Dabney Coleman) and his unrepentant male chauvinism. «HitFix, Jul 15»
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'Biwi O Biwi' is a play that has always been ahead of it's time, says …
The play deals with the theme of modern male chauvinism and how the woman stands up to fight against it. The play revolves around the ... «I am in dna of India, Jul 15»
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The trouble with boys
... and several expressed feelings of inner rage at the futility of struggling against the prevailing tide of male chauvinism and misogyny. «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»
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Patriotism or jingoism?
Many of us have heard so much about “male chauvinism,” or about “white chauvinism,” but the linguistic reality is that chauvinism has nothing to do with sex or ... «The Zimbabwe Daily, Jul 15»
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Women empowerment can make a qualitative change
... the heroic roles that women had played in the history and the present, women are the victims of patriarchal subjection and male chauvinism. «KanglaOnline, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Male chauvinism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/male-chauvinism>. Apr 2024 ».
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