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Recent Examples of triumphalism
Yet just as past bouts of defeatism were misguided, so is today’s triumphalism, which risks dangerously underestimating both the latent and actual power of the only competitor in a century whose GDP has surpassed 70 percent of that of the United States.
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
But the film’s triumphalism about Hunt the man left me, to my surprise, a little cold.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Instead of the end-of-history triumphalism emanating from more mainstream quarters, thinkers on the far right warned about the persistence of big states and public spending.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
There’s a lot of euphoria and triumphalism right now among Trump supporters, and even among Trump-skeptical conservatives.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 11 Feb. 2025
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2025
But the film’s triumphalism about Hunt the man left me, to my surprise, a little cold.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
Instead of the end-of-history triumphalism emanating from more mainstream quarters, thinkers on the far right warned about the persistence of big states and public spending.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
There’s a lot of euphoria and triumphalism right now among Trump supporters, and even among Trump-skeptical conservatives.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triumphalism
Noun
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Roca’s maneuvers have both a theatrical elegance and a fearsome daring; his bravado is refined by his bravery, his defiant gaze challenging not just the bull but death itself.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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Almost as if in revolt against the global financial environment, the cultural zeitgeist is demanding some unapologetic bravado.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
22 June 2025
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This silliness, the silliness of his arrogance, was actually funny to me.—
Ottessa Moshfegh,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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On the dark side, however, Mercury in Leo can spark moments of arrogance and stubbornness.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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On Saturday, on the streets of Washington, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly and ostentatious military parade, a gaudy display of waste and vainglory staged solely to inflate the president’s dirigible-sized ego.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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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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At 88, the blues legend still prowls the stage like a man with something to prove—but there’s also a real sensitivity to his swagger.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Speaking of which, here’s where audiences first became acquainted with Ewan McGregor, who alongside Kerry Fox and Christopher Eccleston serves up so much charismatic, 20-something rebellious swagger that he was destined to become a movie star.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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As for any hint of bombast, by the standards of CBGBs, Talking Heads played at a volume that was nothing short of demure.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Despite the lack of bombast, The Alters tells a compelling and heartfelt narrative, with some goofier moments to break up the unrelenting drama.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
14 June 2025
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Ditto his distinctive appearance, trumped only by a persuasive smile that conveyed an innocence and friendliness somewhat at odds with his braggadocio tales and hedonistic tendencies.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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The news was an opportunity for Gov. Gavin Newsom to exercise his penchant for braggadocio.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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