Definition of Chauvinisms

1. chauvinism [n] - See also: chauvinism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chauvinisms

chaunting
chauntry
chaunts
chaur
chaurasia
chaurasias
chausse
chausses
chaussure
chaussures
chaussée
chautauqua
chautauquas
chauvin
chauvinism
chauvinisms (current term)
chauvinist
chauvinistic
chauvinistically
chauvinists
chauvins
chav
chave
chavel
chavelling
chavender
chavette
chavettes
chavicol
chavicyl

Literary usage of Chauvinisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1895)
"This would eliminate the element of chauvinisms, on which Professor Behring lays great stress as a disturbing influence in scientific matters. ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"ifthe inevitable professional chauvinisms can be abandoned —Wilbur Zelinsky, Geographical Rev., January 1951 Mr. Hersey's chauvinism for Yale ‘36 —letter to ..."

3. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Martha Joanna Lamb, Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, John Austin Stevens (1880)
"... Teutonic entity, or still worse, to any Teutonic " chauvinisms," that probably will turn out to be a superfluous and illegitimate pretension. ..."

4. A World Problem: Jews-Poland-humanity; a Psychological and Historical Study by Stefanja Laudynowa, Stefanja Laudyn (1920)
"... commanding: Come out of your narrow fanatical egoism Let us all come out of our chauvinisms, nationalisms, and fanaticisms, both racial and religious. ..."

5. Valentin and Number Seventeen by Henry Kingsley (1895)
"No ; I admire your insular chauvinisms immensely, but you will hardly go so far as to say that the French and Spaniards belong to the inferior races. ..."

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