Chauvinism

Chauvinism

A name among the French for what is known as Jingoism among the English, i. e. an extravagant zeal for the glory of one's country or party, from one Chauvin, who made threatening displays of his devotion to Napoleon after his fall in 1815.

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Fanatical patriotism, blind devotion to and belief in the superiority of one's group.

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