different between chauvinism vs feminism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????.v?.n?.z?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?.v??n?zm?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /????.v?.n?.z?m/

Noun

chauvinism (countable and uncountable, plural chauvinisms)

1. (derogatory) Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
2. (derogatory) Unwarranted bias, favoritism, or devotion to one's own particular group, cause, or idea.

Synonyms

• jingoism

Derived terms

• male chauvinism

Related terms

• chauvinist

Translations

See also

• bigotry

• Chauvinism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Swedish

Etymology

From French chauvinisme.

Noun

chauvinism c

1. chauvinism

Declension

Related terms

• chauvinist

English

Etymology

From French féminisme circa 1837, ultimately from Latin f?min?nus, from f?mina (“woman”). First recorded in English in 1851, originally meaning "the state of being feminine." Sense of "advocacy of women's rights" is from 1895.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?m?n?z(?)m/
• Hyphenation: fem?in?ism

Noun

feminism (countable and uncountable, plural feminisms)

1. (obsolete) The state of being feminine; femininity. [from 1851; less common after 1895]
   • 1875 July 24, The Medical Times and Gazette, volume II, page 105:

     His hair is delicate and silky, and of a light chesnut[sic]—one of M. Lorrain's signs of feminism.

2. A social theory or political movement which argues that legal and social restrictions on women must be removed in order to bring about equality of the sexes in all aspects of public and private life.

Antonyms

• antifeminism

Coordinate terms

• masculism

Hyponyms

Derived terms

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Translations

See also

• egalitarianism, equalism (ideology promoting treating the sexes (or other human divisions) equally)

Romanian

Etymology

From French féminisme

Noun

feminism n (uncountable)

1. feminism

Declension

Swedish

Noun

feminism c

1. feminism

Declension

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