defeatist
Of or relating to defeatismOf or relating to defeatism.
» You can't fight such a defeatist approach.
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1 sensesOf or relating to defeatism.
defätistisch
пораже́нческий m пораже́нческаяporažénčeskij
Examples
3 sentencesYou can't fight such a defeatist approach.
You can't fight a good fight with such a defeatist attitude.
deMit einer derart defätistischen Einstellung kannst du keinen guten Kampf führen. — Tamy
Do you want this defeatist propaganda to bring about further deterioration of the situation?
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.
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Forms
more defeatist, most defeatist| Comparative | more defeatist Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most defeatist Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.