male chauvinist pig

male chauvinist pig
[1965-70]

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  • male chauvinist — n a man who believes that men are better than women and has fixed, traditional ideas about the way men and women should behave used to show disapproval ▪ I m afraid Bill s a bit of a male chauvinist. male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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