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Definition of Triumphalist
1. Adjective. Proud in one's belief or culture, and having a feeling of superiority. ¹
2. Noun. A triumphalist person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Triumphalist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triumphalist
Literary usage of Triumphalist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. NATO in the Fifth Decade by Keith Dunn, Stephen Flanagan (1992)
"This is a triumphalist Soviet Union that, however grave its internal problems,
has achieved so great a measure of escalation dominance in nuclear weapons ..."
2. When the Ak-47s Fall Silent: Revolutionaries, Guerrillas, and the Dangers of by Timothy Charles Brown (2000)
"The former combatants of the Resistance returned to Nicaragua believing that they
had won the war and therefore returned with a sort of triumphalist ..."
3. Useful Knowledge: The American Philosophical Society Millennium Program by Alexander G. Bearn, American Philosophical Society (1999)
"Both writers freed themselves from the triumphalist idols of their own tribe and
from the human sacrifices those idols demanded in the name of universality. ..."
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