Word Study
male chauvinism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun male chauvinism has 1 sense
- male chauvinism(n = noun.act) antifeminism, chauvinism - activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women; Array is a kind of sexism
CIDE DICTIONARY
male chauvinism, n.
Disparaging, patronizing, discriminatory or abusive speech or behavior by males toward females stemming from a belief that males are superior to females and females therefore worthy of less respect and inferior treatment. A form of sexism . [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
male chauvinism
Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, anti-Semitism, apartheid, black power, black supremacy, chauvinism, class consciousness, class distinction, class hatred, class prejudice, class war, color bar, color line, discrimination, fascism, know-nothingism, male chauvinist, minority prejudice, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery, racial discrimination, racialism, racism, red-baiting, segregation, sex discrimination, sexism, social barrier, social discrimination, superpatriotism, ultranationalism, white power, white supremacy, xenophobia
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