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Chauvinist

SHOH-vuh-nuhst

/ˈʃoʊvʌnʌst/

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chauvinist

Dictionary meaning

An extreme bellicose nationalist.

Synonyms: jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer

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