defeatism

n. 失败主义

发音

US
UK /dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/

词形变化

defeatisms 复数 defeatisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

    失败主义

    不可数

    Objective assessment is good, but defeatism will reduce our potentials even when the prospects for victory have never been nearer.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

surrender resignation

词源

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”).

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