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Nicolas Chauvin

French soldier
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Nicolas Chauvin was a French soldier who served under Napoleon. He became known for his excessive and unreasoning patriotism, retaining a simple-minded devotion to Napoleon even after the emperor's downfall. Chauvin's name became synonymous with a cult of glorifying military service, popular among Napoleon's veterans after 1815.1

The term "chauvinism" evolved from his name to describe any form of ultranationalism or undue partiality to one's own group or place. It can also refer to an attitude of superiority towards the opposite sex (male chauvinism) or other species ("species chauvinism").12

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