triumphalism
noun [ U ] uk /traɪˈʌm.fəl.ɪ.zəm/ us /traɪˈʌm.fəl.ɪ.zəm/ disapproving
an unpleasant show of pleasure and satisfaction because you have won or done better than someone:
The present emotion charged debate over whose statue should stay and whose should go misses the point. Statues to me are a form of triumphalism and should be removed and shown in a museum where they belong. Military/political edifices will always cause controversy depending on whether you were the winner or loser. Statues, with palaces, streets named after local or international figures should also be consigned to the dustbin. How about naming squares, streets etc after creative artistic people, Twain street, Carlin drive. Shakespeare already has a statue but how about Cole Porter, Gershwin.