triumphalist

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adjective

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

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Meanings

adjectivetriumphalist (comparative more triumphalist, superlative most triumphalist)

comparative more triumphalist · superlative most triumphalist

  1. Proud of one's belief or culture, and having a feeling of superiority.
nountriumphalist (plural triumphalists)

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

Origin

From triumphal + -ist.

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Translations

French triomphaliste
  • triomphalistehaving a feeling of superiority
Italian trionfalista
  • trionfalistahaving a feeling of superiority
Polish pyszałkowaty
  • pyszałkowatyhaving a feeling of superiority
Portuguese triunfalista
  • triunfalistahaving a feeling of superiority
Spanish triunfalista
  • triunfalistahaving a feeling of superiority
Cite this entry
APA

triumphalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triumphalist

MLA

“triumphalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triumphalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triumphalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triumphalist.

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