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defeatist

[ dih-fee-tist ]

noun

  1. a person who surrenders easily or is subject to defeatism.
  2. an advocate or follower of defeatism as a public policy.


adjective

  1. marked by defeatism.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of defeatist1

1915–20; defeat + -ist, modeled on French »åé´Ú²¹¾±³Ù¾±²õ³Ù±ð
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This sounds defeatist - it shouldn’t be on parents to come up with all the policy solutions in what is an incredibly complicated space.

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He describes his country as "tired and angry, but not defeatist."

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Lying low in our green zone sounds pretty defeatist.

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I shook off my defeatist attitude and gave Fig a confident nod, followed by a scratch under his chin.

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Sir Jeffrey has now bitten back calling it "defeatist and negative".

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