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triumphalist

triumphalist adjective: proud of one's belief or culture, and having a feeling of superiority.

Adjective

triumphalist (comparative more triumphalist, superlative most triumphalist)

  1. Proud of one's belief or culture, and having a feeling of superiority.

Noun

triumphalist (plural triumphalists)

  1. A triumphalist person.
    • All the old gang were there: a reunion of the Brexit triumphalists.2025 December 9, Polly Toynbee, “Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of triumphalist

Adjective
comparativemore triumphalist
superlativemost triumphalist
Noun
pluraltriumphalists

Origin of triumphalist

From triumphal + -ist.

Questions about triumphalist

What does triumphalist mean?
Triumphalist means proud of one's belief or culture, and having a feeling of superiority.
What part of speech is triumphalist?
Triumphalist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near triumphalist in the dictionary

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

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