triumphalist
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8.2
- adjective
- /traɪˈʌmfəlɪst/
- After the championship win, the team's coach became triumphalist, celebrating their success loudly.
- triumphalist tone
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Watch on YouTubeI think there's a tendency for those on, on the on the right to have this sort of triumphalist way of looking at America.
- 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
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The politician's triumphalist speech alienated some voters who felt overlooked.
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The common narrative of CHD in the 20th century is a triumphalist one.
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I am not as triumphalist as I once was.
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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.
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And I do not ask these questions in a kind of triumphalist mode, or as an attempted gotcha.
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Even so, the drafters' mood in 1947 was anything but triumphalist.
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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.
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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.
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His triumphalist attitude after winning the award annoyed many of his colleagues.
Synonyms
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5.2
A person who feels too pleased with themselves in a way that annoys others
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Feeling very happy and proud after a win or success
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5.4
Thinking you are much better than other people
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5.0
Feeling very happy because of a success or a good event
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6.1
Feeling or acting as if you are better than other people
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Too pleased with yourself in a way that annoys others
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Being too proud of achievements or skills in a way that annoys others
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Showing great joy and pride after a big success
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Very happy and proud because of a big success
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Talking proudly about things you have done
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Being too proud and too sure of yourself so you ignore advice and make bad decisions
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Being very pleased with yourself and showing it in a loud, showy way
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Believing you are better than other people and acting like it
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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.