flag–waver

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Definition of FLAG-WAVER

one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country <a newspaper columnist who never manages to be anything other than a knee-jerk flag-waver>

Synonyms chauvinist, flag-waver, jingo, superpatriot

Related Words loyalist, patriot; hawk, warmonger; nativist

Near Antonyms internationalist; neutralist

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