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defaitism

defaitism noun: defeatism.

Noun

defaitism (uncountable)

  1. (non-native speakers' English) Defeatism.
    • Now that's defaitism -- cheer up Janne, maybe some day we *will* get rid of these patronizing, moralizing humbugs :-) ?1992 February 10, Fredrik.Ostman, “Swedish Double Standard (Gambling)”, in soc.culture.nordic (Usenet), retrieved 11 May 2022
    • Don't all enviros have moments of defaitism from time to time?1998 August 13, Fenris, “Archived Message for Future Inhabitants”, in sci.environment (Usenet), retrieved 11 May 2022

Examples of defaitism in a sentence

  • Sometimes they express their insecurity by various forms of defaitism, escape and by being intimidated by the whole thing rather then by investing more effort, what u might have expected.1999 September 24, Steph, “In love with woman with intercultural baby! HELP”, in soc.couples.intercultural (Usenet), retrieved 11 May 2022:
  • There is neither need for patronising nor defaitism IMO.1999 November 13, Ron Ploeg, “Talking to Jackson about the state of the movie”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 11 May 2022:
  • Any attempts to try to negotiate with the New Order of the US or to make deals with it are simply to be regarded as defaitism and appeasement.2002 December 1, Nes, “In wake of Predator success, U.S. weighs assassination options”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet), retrieved 11 May...
  • Address munging is defaitism and doesn't bother spammers the least.2003 April 7, Jukka K. Korpela, “longest thread”, in news.groups.questions (Usenet), retrieved 11 May 2022:

Origin of defaitism

From Dutch defaitisme, Finnish defaitismi, French défaitisme, or Swedish defaitism.

Questions about defaitism

What does defaitism mean?
Defaitism means defeatism.
How do you use defaitism in a sentence?
Sometimes they express their insecurity by various forms of defaitism, escape and by being intimidated by the whole thing rather then by investing more effort, what u might have expected.
What part of speech is defaitism?
Defaitism is a noun.

Words near defaitism in the dictionary

  1. defailing
  2. defailment
  3. defailments
  4. defails
  5. defailure
  6. defaitism
  7. Defaka
  8. defalcate
  9. defalcated
  10. defalcates
  11. defalcating

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