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FLAG WAVING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flag waving mean?
• FLAG WAVING (noun)
The noun FLAG WAVING has 1 sense:
1. an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
Familiarity information: FLAG WAVING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
flag waving; jingoism
Hypernyms ("flag waving" is a kind of...):
demagoguery; demagogy (impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace)
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