chauvinismArticle Free Pass chauvinism, excessive and
unreasonable patriotism, similar to jingoism. The word is
derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier who,
satisfied with the reward of military honours and a small
pension, retained a simpleminded devotion to Napoleon. Chauvin
came to typify the cult of the glorification of all things
military that was popular after 1815 among the veterans of
Napoleon’s armies. Later, chauvinism came to mean any kind of
ultranationalism and was used generally to connote an undue
partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one
belongs. The term chauvinism also may describe an attitude of
superiority toward members of the opposite sex, as in male
chauvinism. Some animal-rights advocates have used the term to
indicate a similar attitude on the part of human beings toward
other species, as in “species chauvinism.” What made you want to
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