flag wavers
Parade crowd members
Flag wavers are people who display enthusiastic, often excessive patriotism.
The term usually carries a dismissive or critical edge, suggesting someone whose nationalism is performative or unthinking: The rally attracted the usual flag wavers.
Less commonly, it refers literally to people waving flags at parades or events.
- patriotsDevoted homeland supporters
- nationalistsAdvocates for homeland interests
- national prideEsteem for one's country
- cheerleadersAthletic event spirit rousers
- boostersThings that increase power
die-hard fans · zealots · jingoists · supporters · enthusiasts · rallies · rally cry · parades · banners · marching · chanting · fervor · pride · home team · loyal · devotees · champions · advocates
- signalerssignalmen, flagmen, flagman, telegraph operators, telegraphists
- gearheadsgearhead, gearheads, petrolhead, petrolheads, motorhead
flag waverstraitors
Those who commit disloyalty
defectors · unpatriotic · dissenters · skeptics · cynics
flag waversfreethinkers
Independent-minded questioners of orthodoxy
iconoclasts · nonconformists · contrarians · whistleblowers · gadflies
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