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 Definitions of defeatism  [ɪˈfi tɪz əm]  

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Definition of 'defeatism' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) defeatism
the attitude of a person who is resigned to defeat.

Etymology:  (1915–20; < F défaitisme)

Definition of 'defeatism' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) defeatism
acceptance of the inevitability of defeat


Translation of 'defeatism' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a state of mind in which one expects and accepts defeat too easily
The defeatism of the captain affects the rest of the players.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: défaitisme, pessimisme Arabic flag Arabic: إنْهِزامِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пораженство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: derrotismo Czech flag Czech: defétismus German flag German: die Miesmacherei
Danish flag Danish: defatisme; selvopgivelse Greek flag Greek: ηττοπάθεια Spanish flag Spanish: derrotismo
Estonian flag Estonian: lüüasaamispoliitika Farsi flag Farsi: شکست گرایی؛ یأس و بدبینی Finnish flag Finnish: tappiomieliala
French flag French: défaitisme Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְבוּסתָנוּת Hindi flag Hindi: पराजयवाद
Croatian flag Croatian: malodušnost Hungarian flag Hungarian: kishitűség Indonesian flag Indonesian: pesimisme
Icelandic flag Icelandic: uppgjafarandi Italian flag Italian: disfattismo Japanese flag Japanese: 敗北主義
Korean flag Korean: 패배주의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: defetizmas, nesitikėjimas Latvian flag Latvian: sakāvniecība
Malay flag Malay: pesimisme Dutch flag Dutch: defaitisme Norwegian flag Norwegian: nederlagspolitikk, defait
Polish flag Polish: defetyzm Persian flag Persian: شکست گرایی؛ یأس و بدبینی Pashto flag Pashto: نا اميده كول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: derrotismo Romanian flag Romanian: defetism Russian flag Russian: пораженчество
Slovak flag Slovak: defetizmus Slovenian flag Slovenian: malodušnost Serbian flag Serbian: malodušnost
Swedish flag Swedish: defaitism Thai flag Thai: แนวคิดหรือการกระทำของผู้ย Turkish flag Turkish: bozgunculuk, pes etme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 失敗主義 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пораженство, поразництво Urdu flag Urdu: ہزیمت خوردگی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tư tưởng chủ bại Chinese flag Chinese: 失败主义

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