as in boastfulness
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Recent Examples of triumphalism
The bigger challenge has at times come from outside the administration, as some supporters of Ukraine indulged in a premature triumphalism that raised impossible expectations for last year’s Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (1960) Williams' anti-Western takes American triumphalism to task.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 11 June 2024
Within hours, the Egyptian air force had been destroyed on the ground, and Israelis’ existential dread was replaced by an almost uncontrolled triumphalism.
—Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
May 3, 2024 London The horn of official triumphalism still sounds unabated in Iran, nearly three weeks after the Islamic Republic launched an unprecedented barrage, from Iranian soil, of more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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Ben Rhodes, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (1960) Williams' anti-Western takes American triumphalism to task.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 11 June 2024
Within hours, the Egyptian air force had been destroyed on the ground, and Israelis’ existential dread was replaced by an almost uncontrolled triumphalism.
—Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
May 3, 2024 London The horn of official triumphalism still sounds unabated in Iran, nearly three weeks after the Islamic Republic launched an unprecedented barrage, from Iranian soil, of more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphalism
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Modern Warfare would become known for its bombastic, contemporary stories with Michael Bay-sized set pieces and bravado, with larger than life characters defined by thick accents, bushy mustaches, and cool masks.Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Wood’s bravado was typical of Northern dissenters against the Union.Longreads, Longreads, 3 Oct. 2024
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Dastmalchian gets to play it all — disbelief, arrogance, grieving, terrified — sometimes in the same moment.Jenelle Riley, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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These things are a big investment of time and to have not one, but two of them that might otherwise have had a reasonable expectation of success — probably arrogance on my part — but still, many times an author who gets published once can get published a second time.Choire Sicha, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
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The conceit is saved from vainglory by the gravity Cage brings to the performance.Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
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That’s the mantra for wide receivers, a group long known for their vainglory.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
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Another Mifune starrer — has any actor ever had greater swagger?Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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In multiple scenes of the trial playing on TV in the Asylum or of Arthur returning from a long day of court with Joker-ish swagger, the camera focuses on a young inmate (Connor Storrie) who watches Arthur with an obsessive gleam in his eye.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Photo: Everett Collection / Everett Collection Sleight gets extra points for being an unexpected indie genre picture amid so much scary bombast.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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Though Gotham stories are always primed for whimsical plot twists, there’s a matter-of-fact quality to Folie à Deux that is likely going to come as a disappointment to fans expecting theatrical bombast.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
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On Instagram, where Chavez already has more than 53,000 followers, her game seems custom-fitted to a highlight reel — smooth handle, deep range and a dash of braggadocio.Michael Errigo, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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You’d be forgiven for taking the title of their new album, Easy Being A Winner, as a bit of not-undeserved-but-slightly-delusional braggadocio.Ryan Leas, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Critics sometimes faulted his performances for pomposity.Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Berry says that Laszlo’s pomposity thrives because no one in the house is willing to call him out on his nonsense.Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
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With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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The Academy Award-winning actress, known for her fierce talent and daunting hauteur, boasts a career spanning 60 years.Ian Malone, Vogue, 16 July 2024
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“Triumphalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triumphalism. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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