noun · uncountable · rare

defeatism

дефетизм

пораженчество, дефетизм

Defätismus, Untergangsstimmung, Kapitulantentum

Acceptance of defeat without struggleAcceptance of defeat without struggle.

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/dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/

» We risk tilting ourselves into a downward spiral of defeatism.

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable, usually)Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
Objective assessment is good, but defeatism will reduce our potentials even when the prospects for victory have never been nearer.
Defätismus, Kapitulantentum, Untergangsstimmung
дефети́змdefetízm, пораже́нчествоporažénčestvo
дефети́змdefetýzm
acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

Examples

3 sentences

We risk tilting ourselves into a downward spiral of defeatism.
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This defeatism is why we're stuck with this unjust system.
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Algerians need to defeat defeatism.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

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Русский

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acceptance of defeat without struggle:

Deutsch

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acceptance of defeat without struggle:

Origin

From defeat + -ism, after French défaitisme, coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Ale

From defeat + -ism, after French défaitisme, coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as a translation of Russian пораже́нчество (poražénčestvo), also coined by him as a derivation of порази́ть (porazítʹ, “to strike, defeat”).

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Forms

plural: defeatisms

Singular	defeatism

uncountable

Word family

1 related words

Relateddefeatist

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable