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flag-waving

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flag-wav·ing (flgwvng)
n.
Excessive or fanatical patriotism; chauvinism.
flag-waver n.
flag-waving
n
Informal
a.  an emotional appeal or display intended to arouse patriotic or nationalistic feeling
b.  (as modifier) a flag-waving speech
flag-waver  n
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Adj.1.flag-wavingflag-waving - fanatically patriotic                
jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic, ultranationalistic, chauvinistic
patriotic, loyal - inspired by love for your country
Translations
flag-waving [ˈflægˌweɪvɪŋ] N (fig) → patriotismo m de banderita


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If flag-waving is viewed as a show of patriotism or harmless jingoism in other countries, it conjures up very different memories in Germany.
NEW MEANING IN GERMANY, NATIONALISM IS NO LONGER VIEWED AS NEGATIVE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
For some of us, last year's appeals court ruling concerning the content of the Pledge of Allegiance was a welcome infusion of common sense into a national climate of patriotic zeal and flag-waving conformity.
A question for conservatives by Braden, Geoffrey / Church & State
Their campaigns announced that, and I'm conflating wildly here, they were not in favor of gay marriage, despite having gay relatives, but they were in favor of civil unions and they hated that little upstart Confederate flag-waving front-running Vermont governor for bringing the whole thing up in the first place.
Marriage mishegas by Clinton, Kate / The Progressive
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