defeatism

Meaning

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

Translations

défaitisme

disfattismo

ηττοπάθεια

Defätismus

derrotismo

defaitisme

derrotismo

derrotisme

Miesmacherei

berusting

ντεφετισμός

yenilgiyi kabul etme

defetizam

verslagenheid

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/

Etymology

Cognate with Russian: пораже́нчество

In summary

From defeat + -ism, after French défaitisme, coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as a translation of Russian пораже́нчество (poražénčestvo), also coined by him as a derivation of порази́ть (porazítʹ, “to strike, defeat”).