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French
Etymology
Coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as a calque of Russian пораженчество (poraženčestvo), also coined by him as a derivation of поразить (porazitʹ, “to strike, defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) + -isme (“-ism”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fɛ.tism/ ~ /de.fɛ.tizm/ ~ /de.fe.tism/ ~ /de.fe.tizm/
Noun
défaitisme m (uncountable)
- defeatism
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