defeatism
UK/dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/
defeatism noun: acceptance of defeat without struggle.
Noun
defeatism (usually uncountable, plural defeatisms)
- 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.
defeatism meaning in Tamil and Kannada
defeatism in Tamil
- தே ல்வி மனப்பான்மை, தோல்வியை ஏற்கும் பண்பியல்பு, தோல்விக்குகந்த சூழலியல்பு
defeatism in Kannada
- ನಿರಾಶಾ ಮನೋಭಾವ, ಅಪಜಯಭಾವ
Forms of defeatism
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Origin of defeatism
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”).
Questions about defeatism
- What does defeatism mean?
- Defeatism means acceptance of defeat without struggle.
- What is defeatism in Tamil?
- Defeatism in Tamil is தே ல்வி மனப்பான்மை, தோல்வியை ஏற்கும் பண்பியல்பு, தோல்விக்குகந்த சூழலியல்பு. See Defeatism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is defeatism?
- Defeatism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce defeatism?
- Defeatism is pronounced /dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of defeatism?
- The plural of defeatism is defeatisms.
Words near defeatism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: defeatism (page history and authors); defeatism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defeatism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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