defaitisme
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Borrowed from French défaitisme.
defaitisme c (singular definite defaitismen, not used in plural form)
common gender |
singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | defaitisme | defaitismen |
genitive | defaitismes | defaitismens |
Borrowed from French défaitisme (cognate with English defeatism, German Defätismus etc.), calque of Russian пораженчество (poraženčestvo), coined in 1915. By surface analysis, defaite (“defeat”) + -isme (“-ism”).
defaitisme n (uncountable)
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