as in nationalists
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
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Recent Examples of flag-wavers
Onstage at this month’s AmericaFest, the annual conference hosted by Kirk’s organization Turning Point, Aldean and his wife, Brittany, spoke openly about their role as country-music flag-wavers for the MAGA movement.
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Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025
Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flag-wavers
nationalists
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And also to warn about bloodshed if civil war follows regime change, bloodshed between nationalists and those who’ve had enough of being tied to a constantly unstable country.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Right-wing nationalists may well secure power in some big and important European countries, a development driven partly by dismay about mass immigration, and partly by economic stagnation.—
Max Hastings,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Flag-wavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flag-wavers. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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