vexillalgia
/ˌvɛksɪˈlældʒə/nounVerified NewNostalgia for a superseded national flag and the political order it stood for.
Old flags surface at matches and protests as period costume, and the arguments over them are never really about fabric. A flag's funeral is rarely final.
Etym. — vexillology + -algia: the ache for an obsolete rectangle.
Rel. — stampalgia
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