chauvinistic

adjective

Definition of chauvinisticnext
as in nationalistic
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country other nations were decidedly irked by the media's chauvinistic coverage of the Olympic Games

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  1. nationalistic
  2. nationalist
  3. patriotic
Adjective
  • Those who are sceptical fear that Shah, whose father Amit Shah is India's minister of home affairs and the right-hand man to nationalistic prime minster Narendra Modi, will be merely a mouthpiece for India.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Many Chinese economists are alarmed by the nationalistic direction of their country’s economic policy and skeptical that self-reliance will work.
    Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of nationalistic
Adjective
  • Two smaller far-right nationalist parties also got enough votes to enter parliament.
    Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Adani is a close ally of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was at one point the world’s second-richest man, and critics have long accused him of improperly benefitting from their relationship.
    AFP, Fortune Asia, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of nationalist
Adjective
  • Penny did not testify, but several of his relatives, friends and fellow Marines did — describing him as an upstanding, patriotic and empathetic man.
    Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of patriotic
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