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It is quite Numenorian; rather then die at the hands of the enemy, he would rather perish in a last testimony to prove that he can, after all, control his own fate.
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That isn't Númenórean. The original Númenóreans acknowledged that they could not control their own fate (since they did not know where they went when they died), and did not try to avoid death by the enemy to "control his own fate."
Not even the ones who wanted to do this could succeed. Ar-Pharazôn himself never decided his own fate; he was trapped by the Valar and still awaits his judgment.
As for Faramir lacking Númenórean pride and the like, I refer you to the quote I cited earlier in this thread. Denethor and Faramir had Númenórean blood; Boromir did not. I doubt anyone can understand this, but that doesn't stop us from trying.
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'It reminds me of Númenor,' said Faramir, and wondered to hear himself speak.
'Of Númenor?' said Éowyn.
'Yes,' said Faramir, 'of the land of Westernesse that foundered, and of the great dark wave climbing over the green lands and above the hills, and coming on, darkness unescapable. I often dream of it.'
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