flag-waver
Jingoist at parades
A flag-waver is someone who displays exuberant patriotism, often with implications of excess or superficiality.
The term can be neutral or mildly dismissive depending on context: The rally attracted flag-wavers and skeptics alike.
Flag-waving as a modifier describes conspicuously patriotic gestures or rhetoric: a flag-waving speech about American greatness.
One prioritizing homeland interests
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- chauvinistBiased group supremacist
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
allegiance · countryman · compatriot · veteran · homeland · fervor · devotion · duty
Team spirit performer
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- proponentOne who advocates something
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
champion · backer · promoter · partisan · devotee · follower · adherent · stalwart
nationalist
One prioritizing homeland interests
- loyalistFaithful supporter of authority
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- chauvinistBiased group supremacist
jingoism · allegiance · countryman · compatriot · veteran · homeland · fervor · devotion · duty · honor
cheerleader
Team spirit performer
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- proponentOne who advocates something
enthusiast · champion · backer · promoter · partisan · devotee · follower · adherent · stalwart · believer
cheer
Joyfulness or encouragement
inspire · mobilize · encourage · stir · energize · arouse · activate · animate · excite · parade
banner
Displayed strip with message
colors · pennant · streamer · insignia · badge · signal · semaphore · flourish · display · pageantry
flag-wavertraitor
One who betrays allegiance
defector · unpatriotic · fifth columnist · turncoat · dissident
flag-waverinternationalist
Supporter of worldwide cooperation
cosmopolitan · globalist · neutralist · universalist · multiculturalist
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