triumphalist
adjective
disapprovinguk/traɪˈʌm.fəl.ɪst/us/traɪˈʌm.fəl.ɪst/showingpleasureandsatisfactionbecause you havewonor donebetterthan someone:
a triumphalistvictoryparade
Thegovernmentbecamealarmedby the triumphalisttoneof hiscomments.
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triumphalism
- His triumphalistaccountof thejourneyremainsabestseller.
- We have beendelugedwith so many triumphalistimagesin themedia.
- She useddiplomaticratherthan triumphalistlanguagetodescribethedealshehelpedsecure.
Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- annihilation
- bank
- be gunning forsomeoneidiom
- be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
- convincing
- moral victory
- move/go in for the killidiom
- near thing
- outclass
- outcompete
- sew
- slaughter
- sweep
- sweep the boardidiom
- takesomeonedown
- takesomeoneto the cleaner'sidiom
- takesomethingapart
- takedown
- wipe
triumphalist
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/traɪˈʌm.fəl.ɪst/us/traɪˈʌm.fəl.ɪst/someone whoshowspleasureandsatisfactionbecause they havewonor donebetterthan someone:
Heaccusedthebishophimself of being a triumphalist.
Market triumphalistsseelowertaxesas asortofmedicinethatcuresall ills.
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triumphalism
- "I'm not a triumphalist," he said.
- We mustallowthe triumphaliststheirmomentofsatisfaction.
- Weenjoythegamebuthatethe way itturnsgrownmen intogloatingtriumphalists.
Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- annihilation
- bank
- be gunning forsomeoneidiom
- be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
- convincing
- moral victory
- move/go in for the killidiom
- near thing
- outclass
- outcompete
- sew
- slaughter
- sweep
- sweep the boardidiom
- takesomeonedown
- takesomeoneto the cleaner'sidiom
- takesomethingapart
- takedown
- wipe