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词汇 flag-waving
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Definition of flag-waving in English:

flag-waving

noun
mass noun
  • The expression of patriotism in a populist and emotional way.

    爱国主义的偏激表现

    as modifier flag-waving conservatism

    以偏激方式表现爱国热情的保守主义。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As the war looms closer warmongering propagandists will step up their flag-waving jingoism and attacks on so called ‘traitors’.
    • What about enforcing patriotism by tying school funding to flag-waving?
    • These emblems of today's cult of passive suffering are at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum from traditional patriotic flag-waving.
    • This president is despised and ridiculed even in the face of flag-waving calls for national unity.
    • It is not jingoism or knee-jerk flag-waving; it's real and true and good.
    • Some people want to make it a day of flag-waving and patriotism.
    • Suffice to say, he's the same flag-waving Texas hick he's ever been.
    • The visible response was flag-waving, but I don't know how many people quietly questioned what was going on.
    • Instead they died in the line of duty and subsequently received posthumous citizenship amidst much fanfare and flag-waving.
    • Several hundred flag-waving administration officials cheered as the president's Marine One helicopter landed on the White House lawn.
    • In a time of fierce ideological commitment and flag-waving, Benjamin was never an ideologue.
    • And, no doubt, she would find flag-waving during a Democrat Administration perfectly acceptable.
    • No matter what flag-waving, hot blooded xenophobic ‘patriots’ will tell you, one person alone will never be able to change history.
    • Not out of patriotism or anything even remotely flag-waving.
    • It was so uplifting, almost, you know, flag-waving patriotic.
    • But the ceremonies are likely to be resisted by some young Britons, who are naturally wary of what they regard as flag-waving patriotism.
    • The almost desperate character of the effort to silence or drown out antiwar protests suggests that something more than mindless flag-waving is going on here.
    • Joy's an unabashed, flag-waving patriot who joined the Air Force to serve his country.
    • Obviously there are many cheery, hardworking, flag-waving, devout Democrats out there.
    • I am not some flag-waving patriot cheering on every move our troops make.
    Synonyms
    jingoistic, chauvinistic, excessively patriotic, excessively nationalistic, sectarian, isolationist, flag-waving, xenophobic, racist, racialist, ethnocentric

Derivatives

  • flag-waver

  • noun
    • As I'm sure you know, I love the country but am no flag-waver.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here are the flag-wavers who felt patriotic enough to reply.
      • In anticipation of such nationalistic events, we attempted to determine exactly where the ardent flag-wavers live.
      • It's easy to be a flag-waver and to be patriotic and to support the troops when you're in the initial attack phase and it looks like you may have only a two-week war.
      • And, ironically for such a flag-waver for Scotland, he is only half Scottish, was born in London, and has lived in Los Angeles for 30 years.

Definition of flag-waving in US English:

flag-waving

nounˈflæɡ ˌweɪvɪŋˈflaɡ ˌwāviNG
  • The expression of patriotism in a populist and emotional way.

    爱国主义的偏激表现

    what began as jingoistic flag-waving deteriorated into an international crisis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Obviously there are many cheery, hardworking, flag-waving, devout Democrats out there.
    • These emblems of today's cult of passive suffering are at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum from traditional patriotic flag-waving.
    • It is not jingoism or knee-jerk flag-waving; it's real and true and good.
    • Joy's an unabashed, flag-waving patriot who joined the Air Force to serve his country.
    • This president is despised and ridiculed even in the face of flag-waving calls for national unity.
    • Not out of patriotism or anything even remotely flag-waving.
    • In a time of fierce ideological commitment and flag-waving, Benjamin was never an ideologue.
    • As the war looms closer warmongering propagandists will step up their flag-waving jingoism and attacks on so called ‘traitors’.
    • Instead they died in the line of duty and subsequently received posthumous citizenship amidst much fanfare and flag-waving.
    • What about enforcing patriotism by tying school funding to flag-waving?
    • Some people want to make it a day of flag-waving and patriotism.
    • It was so uplifting, almost, you know, flag-waving patriotic.
    • The visible response was flag-waving, but I don't know how many people quietly questioned what was going on.
    • And, no doubt, she would find flag-waving during a Democrat Administration perfectly acceptable.
    • No matter what flag-waving, hot blooded xenophobic ‘patriots’ will tell you, one person alone will never be able to change history.
    • Several hundred flag-waving administration officials cheered as the president's Marine One helicopter landed on the White House lawn.
    • I am not some flag-waving patriot cheering on every move our troops make.
    • But the ceremonies are likely to be resisted by some young Britons, who are naturally wary of what they regard as flag-waving patriotism.
    • The almost desperate character of the effort to silence or drown out antiwar protests suggests that something more than mindless flag-waving is going on here.
    • Suffice to say, he's the same flag-waving Texas hick he's ever been.
    Synonyms
    jingoistic, chauvinistic, excessively patriotic, excessively nationalistic, sectarian, isolationist, flag-waving, xenophobic, racist, racialist, ethnocentric
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