Nazism and chauvinism. These two concepts are often confused due to the closeness of their interpretation, but if you dig deeper, you can note clear differences in them, which are primarily due to their historical origin.
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Nazism is the worldview underlying such a form of social structure as National Socialism. One of the most iconic figures in the nationalist movement was undoubtedly Adolf Hitler. He described in detail the basic tenets of nationalism in his book "My Struggle", among them: anti-Semitism, the superiority of the Nordic race over all others (ie racism), the desire to solve foreign policy problems by military means (ie militarism), the rejection of democratic, as well as any other political ideas (i.e. totalitarianism). According to the Fuhrer, race and state are one, and therefore it is better not to try to talk about such nonsense as tolerance, freedom of choice and independence of thought with the Nazis. The traits of any Nazi include a worldview that combines extreme nationalism with extreme racism; belief in an idea that calls your race / nationality / nationality the chosen one (and, in this regard, the only one worthy of existence); approving attitude to the totalitarian state system.
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Chauvinism is an ideology that goes hand in hand with Nazism. But if Nazism focuses on the superiority of one nation over another, then chauvinism - on the insignificance of everyone around in comparison with this or that nation or individual. In addition, chauvinism can be called a more particular case, sowing the seeds of Nazism in society: if you collect several people preaching chauvinist ideas, then you get an extremely nationalist-minded mass. Chauvinism has several varieties: male chauvinism, female chauvinism, linguistic chauvinism, racial chauvinism (racism), religious chauvinism, etc. In other words, a chauvinist is determined by the belief that, due to the fact of belonging to a particular gender, nationality, race, or, say, a musical subculture, he has the right to humiliate others for their non-belonging to a particular group.
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So, Nazism is a worldview, chauvinism is an ideology. However, as you can see, the roots of both phenomena grow from one source - intolerance, and with it, self-doubt, and dissatisfaction with their own life with a desire to blame others for their failures, and the fear of looking at their own mistakes (not to mention trying fix them). Each of the concepts is characterized by a large share of intolerance towards race, group, nation, etc.
