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Definition of Defeatist
1. Noun. Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions.
Generic synonyms: Pessimist
Derivative terms: Defeat, Defeat, Defeatism, Negativism
Definition of Defeatist
1. Adjective. of, or relating to defeatism ¹
2. Noun. someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defeatist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeatist
Literary usage of Defeatist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of the Great War: Dealing Particularly with Its Military and by William Lenhart McPherson (1920)
"The defeatist scandal had become flagrant and M. Painleve showed weakness in ...
The defeatist agitation, which aimed at a peace of surrender with Germany, ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"... Bonnet Rouge defeatist conspiracy, which threatened to destroy the military
efficiency of France in 1915-17 and force a separate peace with Germany. ..."
3. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"The small fry of defeatist intrigue, such as Bolo and his associates, were promptly
arrested, tried, and punished. Malvy was exiled. And in January, 1918, ..."
4. The Russian Bolshevik Revolution by Edward Alsworth Ross (1921)
"Another factor explaining the crumbling away of Russia's military power was the
wide diffusion of the "defeatist" doctrine. This doctrine had two aspects. ..."
5. Italy and the World War by Thomas Nelson Page (1920)
"The work of the defeatist elements had been the cause of considerable anxiety in
Italy, not only to those who were eager to see the war pushed to a ..."
6. The History of the A. E. F. by Shipley Thomas (1920)
"The defeatist party in the French Chamber of Deputies was almost in power and
ready to make a separate peace. Then, slowly, the war party emerged with ..."
7. France and Ourselves: Interpretative Studies: 1917-1919 by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1920)
"The mortal danger to France of the insidious defeatist campaign was fully
appreciated by those who came into contact with it, as I had done. ..."
8. Adventure Guide Germany by Henk Bekker (2005)
"A defeatist KING In 1894, a statue of Konrad I, from Weilburg and ruler of
Franconia, was erected in the nearby town of Villmar. He was elected king of the ..."
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