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What does chauvinism mean?

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Noun
  1. (pejorative) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
  2. (pejorative) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.
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But when nostalgia for the old Russian Empire crept in, it became a kind of Great Russian chauvinism.
Although the premise is centered around 1970s male chauvinism, the script only examines this topic superficially.
In different parts of the world, male chauvinism in different degrees has led to gender injustice.
I laugh at my 76-year-old mother's anti-Catholic prejudices, because I can see the naked chauvinism behind them for what it is.
They have had to face accusations of racism, Eurocentrism, neocolonialism, grave-robbing, and male chauvinism.
Our women have come a long way in their struggle for liberation from the shackles of feudalism, slavery, colonialism and male chauvinism.

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