flag-waving
Ostentatious national pride
Flag-waving is ostentatious patriotism or nationalism, often with the implication that it's excessive or performative.
The term suggests appeals to national pride that substitute emotion for substance: The speech was heavy on flag-waving but light on policy.
As an adjective, it describes such displays: flag-waving rhetoric, flag-waving voters.
Militant devotion to group
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- warmongeringPromoting or inciting warfare
- bellicosityInclination toward hostility
hawkish · nativism · ethnocentrism · aggression · superpatriotism · triumphalism · belligerence · saber-rattling
Loyalty owed to authority
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- homelandOne's native land
- fatherlandOne's native country
motherland · national pride · citizenship · duty · service · veteran · solidarity · civic duty
Public display of opinion
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- marchRhythmic group walk
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- assemblyConstructing from components
crowd · chanting · placards · slogans · banners · megaphone · speeches · protest
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- sloganeeringReliance on pithy phrases
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
brainwashing · mythmaking · persuasion · disinformation · rhetoric · dogma · hype · distortion
Formal beginning ceremony
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- observanceKeeping of customs
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
investiture · pageantry · tribute · homage · ritual · solemnity · festivity · consecration
chauvinism
Militant devotion to group
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- warmongeringPromoting or inciting warfare
bellicosity · hawkish · nativism · ethnocentrism · aggression · superpatriotism · triumphalism · belligerence · saber-rattling · militarism
allegiance
Loyalty owed to authority
fatherland · motherland · national pride · citizenship · duty · service · veteran · solidarity · civic duty · patriot
demonstration
Public display of opinion
assembly · crowd · chanting · placards · slogans · banners · megaphone · speeches · protest · procession
indoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- sloganeeringReliance on pithy phrases
- spinRapid rotation around axis
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
agitprop · brainwashing · mythmaking · persuasion · disinformation · rhetoric · dogma · hype · distortion · talking points
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- observanceKeeping of customs
coronation · investiture · pageantry · tribute · homage · ritual · solemnity · festivity · consecration · convocation
- nationalismpatriotism, national pride, national sovereignty, national identity, national symbols
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
- showboatingshowing off, bragging, boasting, grandstanding, posturing
- biasprejudice, racism, bigotry, sexism, ageism
flag-wavingflag-burning
Destroying ensigns by fire
unpatriotic · anti-nationalism · cosmopolitanism · internationalism · globalism
flag-wavingunpatriotic
Disloyal to one's nation
disloyal · traitorous · treasonous · flag-burning · seditious