defeatism
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/
defeatism (uncountable)
- Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
- Objective assessment is good, but defeatism will reduce our potentials even when the prospects for victory have never been nearer.
- French: défaitisme
- German: Defätismus; Kapitulantentum; Untergangsstimmung
- Italian: disfattismo
- Portuguese: derrotismo
- Russian: дефети́зм
- Spanish: derrotismo
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