flag-waving
Definition
- Adjective:
- Fanatically patriotic: Describes an excessively emotional, aggressive, or demonstrative display of national pride, often perceived as uncritical or intended to arouse public sentiment.
Usage
- The term is used to describe behavior, rhetoric, or displays that are overtly and aggressively nationalistic. It often carries a critical or disapproving connotation, implying that the patriotism is superficial, jingoistic, or intended for political effect rather than stemming from genuine, thoughtful national loyalty.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The politician's speech was pure flag-waving, full of emotional slogans but lacking in substantive policy.
- Critics dismissed the parade as mere flag-waving propaganda.
- He accused the media of engaging in flag-waving journalism during the international crisis.
Advanced Usage
- As a noun (less common): The act or an instance of such demonstrative patriotism.
- The event was characterized by much flag-waving and nationalistic fervor.
Variants and Related Words
- Flag-waver (noun): A person who engages in or promotes flag-waving.
- He was dismissed as a mere flag-waver by the more analytical commentators.
Synonyms
- Jingoistic: Aggressively patriotic, often favoring a warlike foreign policy.
- Chauvinistic: Showing excessive or prejudiced loyalty or support for one's own group, cause, or nation.
- Superpatriotic: Excessively patriotic.
Antonyms
- Internationalist: Concerned with or advocating for cooperation among nations.
- Cosmopolitan: Familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures; not narrow or provincial in outlook.
Adjective
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