defeatist
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defeatist
- /dɪˈfiːtɪst/ UK
Where it comes from
From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.
adjective more defeatist · most defeatist
- Of or relating to defeatism. You may look ruefully at your poor red hands and think that just because they have got that way through the extra work you are doing there’s just nothing that can be done about it. Of course, this is a deafeatist attitude—and a lazy one too!
noun defeatists
- Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude.
Translations
Every language
adj of or relating to defeatism
| Español | derrotista |
|---|---|
| Français | défaitiste |
| Deutsch | defätistisch |
| Italiano | disfattista |
| Русский | пораже́нческий m пораже́нческая poražénčeskij |
noun someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
| Español | derrotista |
|---|---|
| Français | défaitiste |
| Deutsch | Defätist |
| Italiano | disfattista |
| Русский | пораже́нец poražénec |
| עברית | תבוסתן tvustan, תבוסתנית tvustanyt |
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