adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to defeatism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
defeatist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈfiːtɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
Someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: negativist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pessimist
History
Etymology
From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: պարտվողական (partvoġakan) — of or relating to defeatism
- Belarusian: паражэнскі (paraženski) — of or relating to defeatism
- Belarusian: паражэнцкі (paražencki) — of or relating to defeatism
- Catalan: derrotista — of or relating to defeatism
- Czech: poraženecký — of or relating to defeatism
- Danish: defaitistisk — of or relating to defeatism
- Finnish: defaitistinen — of or relating to defeatism
- French: défaitiste — of or relating to defeatism
- German: defätistisch — of or relating to defeatism
- Hungarian: kishitű — of or relating to defeatism
- Hungarian: defetista — of or relating to defeatism
- Italian: disfattista — of or relating to defeatism
- Polish: defetystyczny — of or relating to defeatism
- Russian: пораже́нческий m пораже́нческая (poražénčeskij) — of or relating to defeatism
- Spanish: derrotista — of or relating to defeatism
- Armenian: պարտվողական (partvoġakan) — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Belarusian: паражэнец (paraženjec) — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Catalan: derrotista — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Danish: defaitist — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Finnish: defaitisti — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- French: défaitiste — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- German: Defätist — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Hebrew: תבוסתן (tvustan) — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Hebrew: תבוסתנית (tvustanyt) — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Hungarian: defetista — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Icelandic: uppgjafarsinni — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Italian: disfattista — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Polish: defetysta — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Polish: defetystka — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Russian: пораже́нец (poražénec) — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude
- Spanish: derrotista — someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude