defaitisme

Borrowed from French défaitisme.

defaitisme c (singular definite defaitismen, not used in plural form)

1. defeatism

• defaitist

• “defaitisme” in Den Danske Ordbog

• défaitisme (superseded)

Borrowed from French défaitisme (cognate with English defeatism, German Defätismus etc.), calque of Russian пораженчество (poraženčestvo), coined in 1915. By surface analysis, defaite (“defeat”) +‎ -isme (“-ism”).

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• IPA^(key): /deː.fɛˈtɪs.mə/
• Hyphenation: de‧fai‧tis‧me
• Rhymes: -ɪsmə

defaitisme n (uncountable)

1. defeatism, acceptance of defeat or other misery without struggle