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triumphalism

triumphalism noun: the attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others.

Noun

triumphalism (plural triumphalisms)

  1. The attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others.
    • But not only did Soviet triumphalism eventually provoke the Reaganite reaction in the United States, but, Kissinger suggests, it produced the overextension of Soviet resources that led directly to economic and ultimately political collapse.1994, Michael Howard, "The World According to Henry: From Metternich to Me," Foreign Affairs, May/June 1994
    • A better understanding of science should lead not to triumphalism but to the kind of humility recently expressed by Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Francois Jacob in Of Flies, Mice and Men: "Science cannot answer all questions. . . . It can, however, give some indications, exclude certain...2001, Jon Beckwith, Triumphalism in Science

Examples of triumphalism in a sentence

  • One reason why triumphalism about the fall of the Taliban should be eschewed is because the US and its allies have shown insufficient regret and sadness at the deaths of Afghan villagers.2001, “The speedy fall of the Taliban must not obscure the size of the task ahead”, in The Independent:
  • Yet in addition to being self-defeating, sectarian triumphalism undermines core Jewish values of common peoplehood and mutual bonds between Jews worldwide.2004, Steven Bayme, “Orthodox Triumphalism Revisited”, in The Jewish Week:

Forms of triumphalism

pluraltriumphalisms

Origin of triumphalism

From triumphal + -ism.

Questions about triumphalism

What does triumphalism mean?
Triumphalism means the attitude or belief that a particular doctrine, culture, or social system, particularly a religious or political one, is superior and that it will or should triumph over all others.
How do you use triumphalism in a sentence?
One reason why triumphalism about the fall of the Taliban should be eschewed is because the US and its allies have shown insufficient regret and sadness at the deaths of Afghan villagers.
What part of speech is triumphalism?
Triumphalism is a noun.
What is the plural of triumphalism?
The plural of triumphalism is triumphalisms.

Words near triumphalism in the dictionary

  1. triultimate
  2. triumph
  3. triumphal
  4. triumphal arch
  5. triumphal arches
  6. triumphalism
  7. triumphalisms
  8. triumphalist
  9. triumphalistic
  10. triumphalistically
  11. triumphalists

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