defeatist
/dɪˈfiːtɪst/
defeatist adjective: of or relating to defeatism.
Adjective
defeatist (comparative more defeatist, superlative 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!1944 December 8, “Up-to-Data: Practical Home Hints for the Modern Woman”, in The Ramsbottom Observer, Ramsbottom, →OCLC, page 6
Noun
defeatist (plural defeatists)
- Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude.
defeatist meaning in Urdu and Malayalam
defeatist in Urdu
- ہزیمت پسند
defeatist in Malayalam
- fatalistic, pessimistic, negative
- പരാജയമനസ്തിതിയായ, പരാജയമനോഭാവമുള്ള, വിഷാദാത്മകമായ, ശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്ത, വിധിവിശ്വാസിയായ, നിഷേധാത്മകമായ
- cynic, pessimist, fatalist
- ദോഷെെകദൃക്ക്, ഛിദ്രദർശി, അശുഭാപ്തിവിശ്വാസക്കാരൻ, അശുഭദർശകൻ, ദോഷവശംമാത്രം കാണുന്നവൻ, തീർത്ഥക്കരപ്പാപി
Forms of defeatist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more defeatist |
| superlative | most defeatist |
| Noun | |
| plural | defeatists |
Origin of defeatist
From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.
Words formed from defeatist
Questions about defeatist
- What does defeatist mean?
- Defeatist means of or relating to defeatism.
- What is defeatist in Urdu?
- Defeatist in Urdu is ہزیمت پسند. See Defeatist meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is defeatist?
- Defeatist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce defeatist?
- Defeatist is pronounced /dɪˈfiːtɪst/ (UK).
Words near defeatist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: defeatist (page history and authors); defeatist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); defeatist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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