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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
    - jingoism

Derived forms: flag wavings

See also: loyal, patriotic

Type of: demagoguery, demagogy

Encyclopedia: Flag-waving

Flag waving

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flagrance
flagrancy
flagrant
flagrantly
flagroot
flagship
Flagstaff
flagstaff
flagstone
flag-waver
flag-waving
Flagyl
flail
flair
flak
flak catcher
flak jacket
flake
flake off
flake out
flakey