flag-waving

flag-waving
/flag"way'ving/, n.
an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
[1890-95]

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  • flag-waving — noun Date: 1892 passionate appeal to patriotic or partisan sentiment ; chauvinism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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