chauvinism

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Brie Larson produces and stars in “Lessons in Chemistry” as a scientist who, faced with the chauvinism of 1950s society, channels her passions into a TV cooking show that stirs science into her recipes.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

Of McBride’s various creations, his most beloved have been Southerners who embody a flamboyantly American brand of male chauvinism, and Jesse Gemstone is no exception.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Her and Cole’s victory over chauvinism is certainly admirable.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

She grew up in Houston and couldn't appeal to rural chauvinism to escape police clutches.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2022

There was an element of chauvinism in this—the French supported their own champion and rejected the ideas of the perfidious Englishman, while Newton was, of course, very much a prophet honoured in his own country.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin