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1. An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
   - jingoism

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

Derived forms: flag wavings

See also: loyal, patriotic

Type of: demagoguery, demagogy

Encyclopedia: Flag waving