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Adjective: flag-waving  'flag,wey-ving
  1. Fanatically patriotic
    "When this type of racism combines with foreign policy it can make for a volatile mixture of flag-waving racism";
    - chauvinistic, jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic
Noun: flag waving
  1. An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
    "The politician's speech was full of flag waving to rally support for the war";
    - jingoism

Derived forms: flag wavings

See also: loyal, patriotic

Type of: demagoguery, demagogy

Encyclopedia: Flag-waving

Flag waving