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triumphalist

triumphalist

1 8.2
Showing too much pride after a win that annoys others
  • adjective
  • /traɪˈʌmfəlɪst/
translation icon : triunfalista
  • After the championship win, the team's coach became triumphalist, celebrating their success loudly.
  • triumphalist tone

I think there's a tendency for those on, on the on the right to have this sort of triumphalist way of looking at America.

Examples

  • The politician's triumphalist speech alienated some voters who felt overlooked.

  • The common narrative of CHD in the 20th century is a triumphalist one.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I am not as triumphalist as I once was.

  • I think there's a tendency for those on, on the on the right to have this sort of triumphalist way of looking at America.

  • And I do not ask these questions in a kind of triumphalist mode, or as an attempted gotcha.

    Blog text (21)
  • Even so, the drafters' mood in 1947 was anything but triumphalist.

    Academic text (2001)
  • According to public opinion polls, most Russians are in a triumphalist mood and now think of their country as a superpower and the West as isolated and in retreat.

    Academic text (2015)
  • There is a distinctly triumphalist tone to these passages, roughly of the sort that, in quest epics, typically marks the narrative climax.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Even as critiques from the 1980s into the 2000s challenged the meanings of Eurocentric narratives of progress, the triumphalist assumptions of the narratives themselves began to unravel.

    Academic text (2013)
  • His triumphalist attitude after winning the award annoyed many of his colleagues.

Synonyms

smug
vstriumphalist
85 5.2

A person who feels too pleased with themselves in a way that annoys others

is celebratory pride tied to victory and likely to offend others
triumphant
vstriumphalist
58 3.7

Feeling very happy and proud after a win or success

adds an offensive, excessive celebration element not present in plain joy
conceited
vstriumphalist
24 5.4

Thinking you are much better than other people

focuses on triumphant celebration that can be offensive rather than only vanity
jubilant
vstriumphalist
15 5.0

Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event

is joyful after success but lacks the offensive, excessive celebration quality
prideful
vstriumphalist
8 6.1

Feeling or acting as if you are better than other people

is pride shown as public celebration that may insult others
boastful
vstriumphalist
7 3.7

Being too proud of achievements or skills in a way that annoys others

is more about celebratory triumph that can offend rather than just boast
self-satisfied
vstriumphalist
6 4.9

Too pleased with yourself in a way that annoys others

is more active celebratory pride that may openly offend people
exultant
vstriumphalist
  • Formal
3 7.3

Very happy and proud because of a big success

is the same triumph feeling but without the offensive excess
proud as a peacock
vstriumphalist
  • Informal
1 7.4

Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way

is public celebration that offends others rather than just being showy
hubristic
vstriumphalist
  • Formal
1 8.4

Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions

is celebratory pride that actively boasts about success and may offend
triumphal
vstriumphalist
1 6.5

Showing great joy and pride after a big success

is similar joy but with added excessive celebration that may offend others
braggy
vstriumphalist
  • Informal
1 7.8

Talking proudly about things you have done

is celebration of victory that may annoy others beyond mere talk
overproud
vstriumphalist
7.2

Believing you are better than other people and acting like it

is pride expressed as victory celebration that can upset others

Antonyms

222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

81 2.7

Not thinking you are better than others and not boasting

How Proud

arrogant
260 4.5
triumphalist
1 8.2
boastful
7 3.7
proud
1.0
pleased
936 1.0
content
108 1.0

Surface Forms

triumphalist positive

Morphology

triumphalist = triumphal (semi-transparent) = triumph + al + ist

Formed by adding the productive agent/relational suffix '-ist' to 'triumphal' (itself from 'triumph' + '-al'); the structural relation is clear though the evaluative sense ('excessive' pride) requires pragmatic knowledge.

Etymology

Triumphalist describes a proud, showy reaction to a win. It comes from triumph meaning 'victory' and the ending -alist, so being triumphalist is showing your 'victory' in a way that can upset others.