defeatist en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈfiːtɪst/ (UK)
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Etymology
From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.
Meanings
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Of or relating to defeatism.
You may look ruefully at your poor red hands and think that just because they have got that way through the extra work you are doing there’s just nothing that can be done about it. Of course, this is a deafeatist attitude—and a lazy one too!
1944 December 8, “Up-to-Data: Practical Home Hints for the Modern Woman”, in The Ramsbottom Observer, Ramsbottom, →OCLC, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most defeatist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more defeatist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (15)
da defaitistisk (of or relating to defeatism) · it disfattista (of or relating to defeatism) · ru пораже́нческий m пораже́нческая (of or relating to defeatism) · hu defetista (of or relating to defeatism) · ca derrotista (of or relating to defeatism) · hy պարտվողական (of or relating to defeatism) · pl defetystyczny (of or relating to defeatism) · fi defaitistinen (of or relating to defeatism) · be паражэнцкі (of or relating to defeatism) · cs poraženecký (of or relating to defeatism) · es derrotista (of or relating to defeatism) · be паражэнскі (of or relating to defeatism) · de defätistisch (of or relating to defeatism) · hu kishitű (of or relating to defeatism) · fr défaitiste (of or relating to defeatism)