male chauvinism

1. 1.

   activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

   Synonymschauvinismantifeminism

   Broadersexism

Questions about male chauvinism

What does male chauvinism mean?

male chauvinism means "activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women".

What is another word for male chauvinism?

Close synonyms include chauvinism, antifeminism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is male chauvinism a common word?

male chauvinism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.