défaitisme
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See also: defaitisme
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as a calque of Russian пораженчество (poraženčestvo), also coined by him as a derivation of поразить (porazitʹ, “to strike, defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) + -isme (“-ism”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
défaitisme m (uncountable)
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Further reading[edit]
- “défaitisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.