defeatism
de·feat·ism
n.
Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat.
defeatist de·feat'ist adj. & n.
defeatist
adj
Definition: pessimistic
Antonyms: optimistic, positive
n
Definition: pessimist
Antonyms: optimist
defeatist
IN BRIEF: An attitude of expecting to be beaten or of accepting a loss with resignation.
A positive attitude will get you further in life than a defeatist attitude.
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Defeatism is acceptance of defeat without struggle. In everyday use, defeatism has negative connotation and is often linked to pessimism in psychology. The term is commonly used in the politics and especially in the context of war to denote treason: a soldier can be a defeatist if he or she refuses to fight because he or she thinks that the fight will be lost for sure or that it is not worth fighting for some other reason. Again in connection with war, the term is used to refer to the view that defeat would be better than victory. The term can also be used in other fields, like politics, sport, psychology and philosophy.
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Defeatism
Dansk (Danish)
n. - defaitisme, nederlagsstemning, selvopgivende adfærd, nederlagspolitik, skæbnetro
Nederlands (Dutch)
defaitisme (geloof in mislukking), berusting
Français (French)
n. - défaitisme
Deutsch (German)
n. - Defätismus, Miesmacherei
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ηττοπάθεια
Italiano (Italian)
disfattismo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - derrotismo (f)
Русский (Russian)
пораженчество
Español (Spanish)
n. - derrotismo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - defaitism (tron att viss kamp är utsiktslös)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
失败主义
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 失敗主義
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الانهزاميه, الروح الانهمزاميه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - נכונות מופרזת להשלים עם מפלה, תבוסתנות, התנהגות הגורמת למפלה
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