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Definition 2024

defeatism

defeatism

English

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.

Translations

acceptance of defeat without struggle

Bulgarian: дефетизъм (bg) m ‎(defetízǎm)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 失敗主義 (zh) 失败主义 (zh) ‎(shībàizhǔyì)
Czech: poraženectví f
Dutch: defaitisme (nl) n, berusting (nl) c
Finnish: tappiomieliala (fi), defaitismi, antautumismieliala
French: défaitisme (fr)
Galician: derrotismo m
German: Defätismus m, Miesmacherei f
Greek: ηττοπάθεια (el) f ‎(ittopátheia)
Hebrew: תבוסתנות f ‎(tvustanut)

Italian: disfattismo (it) m
Japanese: 敗北主義 ‎(はいぼくしゅぎ, haibokushugi)
Polish: defetyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: derrotismo m
Russian: дефети́зм (ru) m ‎(defetízm), пораже́нчество (ru) n ‎(poražénčestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дефетизам m

Roman: defetizam m
Spanish: derrotismo m
Swedish: defaitism (sv)
Ukrainian: дефетизм m ‎(defetýzm)