defeatism

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Etymology

Coined in France during World War I regarding certain opponents.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/

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Noun

defeatism

1. 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) (defetízǎm) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 失敗主義 (cmn) 失败主义 (cmn) (shībàizhǔyì)

• Czech: poraženectví (cs) f
• Dutch: defaitisme (nl) n, berusting (nl) c
• Finnish: tappiomieliala (fi)
• French: défaitisme (fr)
• German: Defätismus (de) m, Miesmacherei (de) f
• Greek: ηττοπάθεια (el) (ittopátheia) f
• Hebrew: תבוסתנות (he) (tvustanut) f

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

  Cyrillic: дефетизам (sh) m

  Roman: defetizam (sh) m

• Spanish: derrotismo (es) m
• Swedish: defaitism (sv)
• Ukrainian: дефетизм (uk) (defetýzm) m