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flaggery

Noun CEFR B2
ˈflæɡəɹi

Definitions

The ostentatious display of flags.

uncountable

Examples

“One writer said "Broadway was hidden in a cloud of flaggery." And the roll of drums, the booming of cannon, gorgeously dressed soldiers parading the streets in every direction, […]”
“The last⟳ century amply demonstrated a link⟳ between flaggery and bogus patriotism. Are flags something we should put⟳ behind us as relics of humanity's childhood?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

flagginess Flagging Flaggingly Flaggings flaggon flaggot

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