triumphalism
noun
tri·um·phal·ism
trī-ˈəm(p)-fə-ˌli-zəm 
: an attitude or feeling of victory or superiority: such as
a
: the attitude that one religious creed is superior to all others
b
: smug or boastful pride in the success or dominance of one's nation or ideology over others
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Inside, the breathless triumphalism continued nonstop.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
Supporters would not respond well to such triumphalism if defeats come more regularly, and as his predecessor Gary O’Neil found, such feel-good sentiments do not take long to dissipate.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Yet just as past bouts of defeatism were misguided, so is today’s triumphalism, which risks dangerously underestimating both the latent and actual power of the only competitor in a century whose GDP has surpassed 70 percent of that of the United States.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
But the film’s triumphalism about Hunt the man left me, to my surprise, a little cold.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2025
Supporters would not respond well to such triumphalism if defeats come more regularly, and as his predecessor Gary O’Neil found, such feel-good sentiments do not take long to dissipate.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Yet just as past bouts of defeatism were misguided, so is today’s triumphalism, which risks dangerously underestimating both the latent and actual power of the only competitor in a century whose GDP has surpassed 70 percent of that of the United States.
—Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
But the film’s triumphalism about Hunt the man left me, to my surprise, a little cold.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for triumphalism
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“Triumphalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triumphalism. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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