flag-waving
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flag-wav·ing
(flăg′wā′vĭng)n.
Excessive or fanatical patriotism; chauvinism.
flag′-wav′er n.
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flag-waving
n
informal
a. an emotional appeal or display intended to arouse patriotic or nationalistic feeling
b. (as modifier): a flag-waving speech.
ˈflag-ˌwaver n
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flag′-wav`ing
n.
an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
[1890–95]
flag′-wav`er, n.
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