If you're referring to the word "chauvinism" as a synonym for "male chauvinism": This is the common connotation, and the default understanding of the word. Howe

If you're referring to the word "chauvinism" as a synonym for "male chauvinism": This is the common connotation, and the default understanding of the word. However, the dictionary definition of chauvinism isn't "male chauvinism," and it can be understood to mean something else in certain contexts (I argue such as this one). The first stanza of the Wiktionary definition: > Chauvinism is the unreasonable belief in the superiority or dominance of one's own group or people ...