flag-waving

Examples

• All

• The veterans were on their way to a banquet in their honor and were being cheered by a flag-waving crowd.

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• " Wake up, America!" said Abdelmasih, to a crowd of flag-waving Americans.

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• At the parade, thousands of flag-waving supporters cheered for their nation's athletes.

• The speech was filled with flag-waving rhetoric that aimed to inspire national pride.

• He became known for his flag-waving enthusiasm during the Independence Day celebrations.

Synonyms

P

patriotic

vsflag-waving

107 3.3

Feeling strong love and support for your country

is an excessive, fanatical form of ordinary national loyalty

N

nationalist

vsflag-waving

57 6.4

Showing strong support for one's country and its interests

is similar but emphasizes extreme or excessive patriotic intensity

N

nationalistic

vsflag-waving

15 6.7

Someone who feels strong pride in a country and thinks that country is better than others

is more extreme, showing fanatical or excessive national loyalty

C

chauvinistic

vsflag-waving

• Offensive

10 8.6

Having an unfair belief that your own group is better than others

is extreme country loyalty rather than general group superiority

J

jingoistic

vsflag-waving

3 9.1

Showing extreme pride in a country and wanting to fight other countries

is extreme but focuses on general fanatical support not necessarily aggression

S

superpatriotic

vsflag-waving

8.2

Showing very strong love for their country and rejecting criticism

is about excessive loyalty and fanatical national support

U

ultranationalistic

vsflag-waving

• Literature

9.9

Very strong pride in one's country and dislike of people from other countries

is extreme fanatical support but not always implying rejection of others

S

shroud-waving

vsflag-waving

• Literature

9.9

An act of showing too much grief to gain public sympathy

is about extreme country support, not theatrical emotional manipulation

Antonyms

A

apathetic

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

U

unpatriotic

23 6.4

Not showing love or support for your country

How Patriotic

jingoistic

3 9.1

flag-waving

• Offensive

2 6.8

nationalistic

15 6.7

patriotic

107 3.3

loyal

505 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology