Defeatism Definition

dĭ-fētĭzəm
noun
Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat.
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Origin of Defeatism

  • Coined in France during World War I regarding certain opponents.

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Defeatism Sentence Examples

  • Klement did not agree with Vereeken's definition of revolutionary defeatism, because Vereeken thought that it was the same as military sabotage.

  • Already in 1937, even before the war, Stinas held that the position of revolutionary defeatism also applied to the Soviet Union.

  • Klement did not agree with Vereeken 's definition of revolutionary defeatism, because Vereeken thought that it was the same as military sabotage.

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