disapproval If you describe an attitude or remark as male chauvinist, you are critical of it because you think it is based on the belief that men are naturally superior to women. The male chauvinist attitude of some people in the company could get you down. A male chauvinist is a man who has male chauvinist views. I'm not a male chauvinist. A man whose behavior and attitude toward women indicate a belief that they are innately inferior to men.male chauvinism 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