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chauvinist

shoh vuh nuhst

  • n  a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
  • n  an extreme bellicose nationalist

  • As a chauvinist creation, Lois not only bungled most of her assignments and repeatedly double-crossed the faithful Clark, but also subordinated all professional demands to her one .
  • White admits he sounds like a chauvinist, which fires up the women's fighters even more.
  • The Bengali chauvinist in me got a thrill: "This is Peter Jennings, tonight live from Calcutta.
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  • Billie Jean King film replays tennis battle for women's equality
    By Ian MacKenzie EDINBURGH (Reuters) - As Wimbledon gets under way, former U.S. tennis champion Billie Jean King is telling the tale of how she struck one of the most famous blows for female equality in a new documentary film. "The Battle of the Sexes" recounts King's journey from an amateur player to a feminist sports idol whose 1973 defeat of self-confessed "chauvinist pig" Bobby Riggs set ...
    June 24, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Billie Jean King film replays tennis battle for women's equality
    By Ian MacKenzie EDINBURGH (Reuters) - As Wimbledon gets under way, former U.S. tennis champion Billie Jean King is telling the tale of how she struck one of the most famous blows for female equality in a new documentary film. "The Battle of the Sexes" recounts King's journey from an amateur player to a feminist sports idol whose 1973 defeat of self-confessed "chauvinist pig" Bobby Riggs set ...
    June 24, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

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