tartanry

British

/ ˈtɑːtənrɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tartanry

C20: _tartan ¹ + _-ry

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Guardian

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.

From The Guardian

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