flaggery

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈflæɡəɹi/ Hyphenation: flag‧ge‧ry === Etymology === flag +‎ -ery === Noun === flaggery (uncountable) The ostentatious display of flags. 1885, John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries (page 158) 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, […] 2010, Greg Gould, Lesley Boland, Sean Harverson, Caught in the Breeze: 10 Essays (page 83) 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?