défaitiste

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French

Etymology

Coined by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as calque of Russian пораженец (poraženec).[1][2] Also coined by him as a derivation of поражение (poraženije, “defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) +‎ -iste (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.fɛ.tist/ ~ /de.fe.tist/
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Adjective

défaitiste (plural défaitistes)

  1. defeatist

Noun

défaitiste m or f by sense (plural défaitistes)

  1. defeatist

Descendants

  • → English: defeatist
  • → German: Defätist
  • → Italian: disfattista

References

  1. ^ Grigory Aleksinsky (1915) La Russie Moderne [Modern Russia] (in French), 2nd edition
  2. ^ Catherine Slater (1980 October) “Note critique sur l'origine de « défaitisme » et « défaitiste »”, in Mots. Les langages du politique (in French), →DOI, pages 213–217

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