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chauvinism [1 record]

Record 1 1986-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

Excessive or blind patriotism

OBS

Nicholas Chauvin, character noted for his excessive patriotism and devotion to Napoleon in theodore and Nippolyte Cogniad's play "La cocarde tricolore (1831).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Comportement humain
OBS

caractère de ce qui est chauvin; nationalisme, patriotisme agressif et exclusif.

Spanish

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