male chauvinist

Origin

male chauvinist

noun
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.

Origin:
1965–70
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male chauvinism
 
n
the belief, held or alleged to be held by certain men, that men are inherently superior to women
 
male chauvinist
 
n, —adj

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male chauvinist
1970 (adj.), see chauvinism.
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