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- adjective
Proud in one'sbelief orculture , and having a feeling ofsuperiority . - noun A triumphalist person.
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Examples
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Finally, definition of the word triumphalist, as I understand it:
The Pajamas Media blogging enterprise has collapsed. Ann Althouse 2009
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And these ideas, which are typically identified as triumphalist (my way or the highway), still govern much of the ideological framework of the national identity.
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And these ideas, which are typically identified as triumphalist (my way or the highway), still govern much of the ideological framework of the national identity.
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And these ideas, which are typically identified as triumphalist (my way or the highway), still govern much of the ideological framework of the national identity.
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A spokesman for Ennahdha had said Mr. Ghannouchi's return to Tunisia wouldn't be "triumphalist," but at Tunis airport, an ecstatic crowd of supporters chanted slogans, waved flags and sang the national anthem in their first show of strength since the start of the demonstrations that ousted autocratic former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisian Islamic Leader Returns Angus McDowall 2011
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Cosatu said it would no longer take a "triumphalist" approach to
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OWEN: But does Alistair Campbell have the right to say this in a kind of triumphalist manner in that his reputation had been impugned and he feels that Hutton cleared it?
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OWEN: But does Alistair Campbell have the right to say this in a kind of triumphalist manner in that his reputation had been impugned and he feels that Hutton cleared it?
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But even he hedged, noting that the song's "triumphalist" nature might contribute to the violence.
Our Strange World 2010
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But even he hedged, noting that the song's "triumphalist" nature might contribute to the violence.
Our Strange World bcotx@yahoo.com 2010
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