How to Use chauvinism in a Sentence

chauvinism

noun
  • Not that this movie isn't laden with male chauvinism, not to mention plain silly at times.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
  • That’s when the vitriolic chauvinism seeps through the cracks.
    — Jill Gutowitz, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2018
  • People have lambasted the hall for this chauvinism for years.
    — Evelyn McDonnell, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Techno-chauvinism on the whole is the idea that machines know how to do things better than humans.
    — WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
  • There was also the feud with Brooks Koepka, which smacked of chauvinism run amok.
    — Dave Skretta, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
  • The issue is more perplexing now, though, as what might be called pandemic chauvinism emerges.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 15 May 2020
  • Feelings about chauvinism might be more congested closer to home.
    — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 19 May 2018
  • Indians need not look far to see the dangers of linguistic chauvinism.
    — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
  • For this expatriate, who has seldom been accused of chauvinism, the answer would be no.
    — WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020
  • So, as a not so subtle reminder, here’s your President at peak chauvinism over the course of the past 30 years.
    — Esquire Editors, Esquire, 10 Jan. 2018
  • But less overt acts of indifference and cultural chauvinism also cut deep.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the Karen, some five million people, chafed against the fledgling government’s chauvinism.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Misogyny is more vicious than sexism and more violent than chauvinism.
    — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The twin of such populist chauvinism has always been a unique informality lacking in most nations abroad.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Our great-grandchildren are liable to recognize our chauvinism and wonder.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 24 July 2021
  • This funny, filthy takedown of chauvinism is steeped in retrograde thinking and traditions.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • So, techno-chauvinism is baked into the systems that influence our day-to-day lives in really important ways.
    — WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Just look at the chauvinism surrounding the idea of the Beast fighting off Gaston in Belle’s honor.
    — Jenna Dorsi, Teen Vogue, 27 Oct. 2017
  • This abuse was part of a larger prejudice against marsupials that is sometimes called placental chauvinism.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2012
  • Lajo is a victim of crime perpetrated at the nexus of patriarchy and religious chauvinism.
    — JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Both men embody the politics of nationalism, chauvinism and the resentment of elites.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Kimmel had trouble booking women for the show (a joyous celebration of chauvinism).
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The members of the Freud household were themselves not above various forms of nationalist chauvinism.
    — Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The macho chauvinism of ’60s or ’70s rock stars (or of music press editorial boards) doesn’t fly any more.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • My West Coast chauvinism crumbled during a recent tour of New England beer and baseball.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Asked whether liberal politics can coexist with male chauvinism, Balint paused briefly and fixed her gaze on her interviewer.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • In the Arctic, English chauvinism led to the death of untold numbers of Englishmen.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Not much of a role model, and certainly not a new culture worthy of replacing the male chauvinism, which still reigns and rages against those who dare to simply report their discomfort.
    — Anna Zanardi Cappon, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Even for someone who had grown up in Serbia, where sexism and male chauvinism are deeply entrenched, the blowback was stunning, Stajnfeld said.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • That’s when the brunt of chauvinism started, something neither Guthrie nor Vollstedt had predicted.
    — Laken Litman, USA TODAY Sports, 26 May 2017

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