noun
defeatism
Defeatism (noun) means Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
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Acceptance of defeat without struggle.
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Etymology
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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"defeatism" (noun) means acceptance of defeat without struggle.