Definitions for flag-waving
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
flag′-wav`ing(n.)
an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
Origin of flag-waving:
1890–95
flag′-wav`er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
flag waving, jingoism(adj)
an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
chauvinistic, flag-waving(a), jingoistic, nationalistic, ultranationalistic, superpatriotic(adj)
fanatically patriotic
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