flag-waving

noun

flag-wav·​ing ˈflag-ˌwā-viŋ 

: passionate appeal to patriotic or partisan sentiment : chauvinism

Examples of flag-waving in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Amid a sea of flag-waving and soccer-style chanting from large crowds that exceeded expectations, violent clashes with police led to dozens of arrests. —Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025

Kirk used social media, podcasts and personal appearances on college campuses to espouse a flag-waving conservatism that trumpeted limited government, gun rights and traditional morality. —John Wisely, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2025

Additionally, all of these flag-waving insects are known to feed on toxic passionflower vines. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025

Organizers of the largest rally, in Tel Aviv, estimated that more than 300,000 people attended. CNN cannot independently confirm that number, but images from Tel Aviv showed the streets packed with flag-waving demonstrators. —Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flag-waving

• behaving
• engraving
• enslaving
• lifesaving
• repaving
• autoclaving
• misbehaving
• braving
• caving
• craving
• graving
• laving