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View synonyms for male chauvinist

male chauvinist

noun

  1. a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.

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Origin of male chauvinist1

First recorded in 1965–70

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