0 an unpleasant show of pleasure and satisfaction because you have won or done better than someone:
There wasn't a hint of triumphalism in her acceptance speech at the awards ceremony.
His analysis brings triumphalist ideology face to face with the historical record - and triumphalism dissolves.
The rhetoric of triumphalism was short-lived.
Milosevic's clear, plain and forthright expressions of national triumphalism were, simply, a welcome change in tone from the doublespeak of the communists.
We all understand why they had to start, but their triumphalism has certainly sickened us.
I have in mind that blend of vindictiveness and triumphalism.
I repeat that my remarks were based not on concern about people's disagreement but on the triumphalism surrounding that disagreement.
However, their triumphalism and arrogance are already sowing the seeds of their destruction.
Above all, it was foolish to use the language of triumphalism when it is so obviously at variance with the facts.
