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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesderrotismo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /deroˈtismo/
"El entrenador exigió a los jugadores que abandonaran el derrotismo."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The attitude of accepting, anticipating, or resigning oneself to failure or defeat.
"His constant pessimism and defeatism began to drag down the entire team's morale." - 2
Conduct or a policy that accepts defeat without a struggle, especially in warfare or politics.
"The government condemned the political opposition's stance as bordering on dangerous defeatism."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'défaite' (defeat), combined with the English suffix '-ism'. It emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, initially used in political and military contexts to describe an attitude of accepting defeat as a natural or inevitable outcome.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Defeatism" is said worldwide
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défaitisme
Transliteration: /de.fa.tism/
"Il faut lutter contre le défaitisme au sein de l'entreprise."
Defätismus
Transliteration: /defaˈtɪsmʊs/
"Wir dürfen uns jetzt keinen Defätismus erlauben."
disfattismo
Transliteration: /disfatˈtizmo/
"Il disfattismo non porta a nessun risultato positivo."
derrotismo
Transliteration: /deroˈtismo/
"El entrenador exigió a los jugadores que abandonaran el derrotismo."
derrotismo
Transliteration: /deʁoˈtizmu/
"Precisamos eliminar qualquer traço de derrotismo na equipe."
पाराजयवाद
Transliteration: parajayavad
"हमें अपने जीवन में पराजयवाद से बचना चाहिए।"
失败主义
Transliteration: shī bài zhǔ yì
"团队里绝对不能滋生失败主义情绪。"
패배주의
Transliteration: paebaejuui
"우리는 패배주의를 극복하고 다시 도전해야 합니다."
敗北主義
Transliteration: haiboku shugi
"私たちはチーム内の敗北主義を排除しなければならない。"
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