tartanry

/ ˈtɑːtənrɪ /

noun

1. derogatory,  the excessive use of tartan and other Scottish imagery to produce a distorted sentimental view of Scotland and its history

Word History and Origins

Origin of tartanry¹

C20: _tartan ¹ + _-ry

Example Sentences

There were always people who had little time for flags, tartanry and shortbread, but who wanted to escape a political system that has made Britain one of Europe’s most unequal counties.

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Despite all his tartanry and trumpeting of heritage, this uncomfortable fusion of Simon Cowell and Andrew Neil has become the anti-Scot personified in the course of bulldozing his Grampian dream into existence.

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