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DEFEATISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does defeatism mean?
• DEFEATISM (noun)
The noun DEFEATISM has 1 sense:
1. acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
Familiarity information: DEFEATISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("defeatism" is a kind of...):
resignation; surrender (acceptance of despair)
Derivation:
defeatist (someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions)
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