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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French défaitisme. By surface analysis, disfatto (“undone”) + -ismo (“-ism”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.sfatˈti.zmo/
- Rhymes: -izmo
- Hyphenation: di‧sfat‧tì‧smo
Noun
disfattismo m (plural disfattismi)
- activity aimed at the defeat of one's own country in a time of war, especially by spreading pessimism about its chances of victory
- (by extension) activity aimed at hindering a positive outcome; subterfuge
- (by extension) tendency to pessimism; defeatism
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