| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Exaggerated belief in the supremacy of one’s nation, class, caste, or group. Chauvinism usually involves xenophobia. | 1 |
| ‡ The word chauvinism is often used as shorthand for “male chauvinism,” a term describing the attitudes of men who believe that women are inferior and should not be given equal status with men. (See also feminism.) | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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