triumphalism
Smug winner's attitude
Triumphalism is excessive celebration of victory or success, often in a way that rubs it in or ignores the costs.
The term carries disapproval—someone accused of triumphalism isn't just celebrating but gloating or being smug about it.
Common in political and religious contexts: The speech avoided triumphalism about the election results.
Western triumphalism after the Cold War proved premature.
Ruinous excessive confidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
- self-satisfactionPleasure from one's achievements
vainglory · grandiosity · pomposity · overconfidence · braggadocio · swagger · gloating · self-congratulation
Militant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
imperialism · hegemony · supremacism · dogmatism · zealotry · fanaticism · militarism · expansionism
Defeating and seizing control
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- vanquishingDefeating completely in battle
- dominationSupreme authority held
- supremacyHighest rank or power
ascendancy · winner-take-all · victor · spoils · subjugation · rout · annihilation
Zealous effort for change
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- providentialOpportunely occurring, seemingly fated
- messianicRelating to a savior
- evangelicalZealously advocating beliefs
proselytizing · salvation · orthodoxy · heresy · infidel · conversion
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- boastfulnessExcessive pride in oneself
- smugnessExcessive pride in oneself
self-satisfaction · vainglory · grandiosity · pomposity · overconfidence · braggadocio · swagger · gloating · self-congratulation · crowing
chauvinism
Militant devotion to group
- jingoismBellicose extreme patriotism
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
ethnocentrism · imperialism · hegemony · supremacism · dogmatism · zealotry · fanaticism · militarism · expansionism · colonialism
conquest
Defeating and seizing control
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- vanquishingDefeating completely in battle
- dominationSupreme authority held
supremacy · ascendancy · winner-take-all · victor · spoils · subjugation · rout · annihilation
crusade
Zealous effort for change
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- providentialOpportunely occurring, seemingly fated
- messianicRelating to a savior
evangelical · proselytizing · salvation · orthodoxy · heresy · infidel · conversion
- patriotismnational anthem, national flags, love of country, patriotism, flag waving
- Baroque sacred artaltarpiece, altarpieces, Catholic art, Catholic imagery, baroque art
- moral emotionsguilt, shame, remorse, moral guilt, conscience
triumphalismgraciousness
Courteous, kind demeanor
magnanimity · sportsmanship · good sportsmanship · modesty · restraint
triumphalismhumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · self-doubt · defeatism · self-deprecation · meekness
triumphalismdefeatism
Acceptance of inevitable failure
despair · resignation · demoralization · dejection · fatalism