chauvinism
chauvinism 英 [ˈʃəʊvɪnɪzəm] 美 [ˈʃoʊvɪnɪzəm]
n. 沙文主义；盲目的爱国心
名词复数:chauvinisms
- Chauvinism means the belief that your country is superior to all others. If you traveled to China and complained about everything that was unfamiliar and talked about how much better things are back home, you'd be guilty of chauvinism.
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- n. 沙文主义；盲目的爱国心
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1. The author lashed out against chauvinism.
作者猛烈抨击沙文主义。
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2. That was a time of savageness and chauvinism.
那是个充斥着野蛮和沙文主义的年代。
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3. Marx was opposed to all claims of nationalism and chauvinism.
马克思反对一切民族主义和沙文主义的论调。
- chauvinism (n.) 1840, "exaggerated, blind nationalism; patriotism degenerated into a vice," from French chauvinisme (1839), from the character Nicholas Chauvin, soldier of Napoleon's Grand Armee, who idolized Napoleon and the Empire long after it was history, in the Cogniards' popular 1831 vaudeville "La Cocarde Tricolore." Meaning extended to "excessive belief in the superiority of one's race" late 19c. in communist jargon, to (male) "sexism" late 1960s via male chauvinism (q.v.).
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