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defeatist

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de·feat·ism  (d-ftzm)
n.
Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat.
de·featist adj. & n.
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Noun1.defeatist - someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
negativist
pessimist - a person who expects the worst
defeatist
noun pessimist, sceptic, scoffer, doubter, quitter, prophet of doom, yielder
adjective pessimistic, resigned, despairing, hopeless, foreboding, despondent, fatalistic
Translations
Spanish defeatist [dɪˈfiːtɪst] adj, n → derrotista m/f
French defeatist [dɪˈfiːtɪst] adj, n → défaitiste m/f
German defeatist [dɪˈfiːtɪst] defeat adj → defätistisch
n → Defätist(in) m(f)
Italian defeatist [dɪˈfiːtɪst] adj, n → disfattista (m/f)
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