Definition of Defeatist

1. Noun. Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions.

Exact synonyms: Negativist
Generic synonyms: Pessimist
Derivative terms: Defeat, Defeat, Defeatism, Negativism

Definition of Defeatist

1. Adjective. of, or relating to defeatism ¹

2. Noun. someone who advocates defeatism, or has such an attitude ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defeatist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defeatist

defeasible fees
defeasibleness
defeasibly
defeat
defeatable
defeated
defeatedly
defeatedness
defeater
defeaters
defeatican
defeaticans
defeating
defeatism
defeatisms
defeatist (current term)
defeatists
defeatocrat
defeatocrats
defeats
defeature
defeatured
defeatures
defecation reflex

Literary usage of Defeatist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of the Great War: Dealing Particularly with Its Military and by William Lenhart McPherson (1920)
"The defeatist scandal had become flagrant and M. Painleve showed weakness in ... The defeatist agitation, which aimed at a peace of surrender with Germany, ..."

2. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"... Bonnet Rouge defeatist conspiracy, which threatened to destroy the military efficiency of France in 1915-17 and force a separate peace with Germany. ..."

3. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"The small fry of defeatist intrigue, such as Bolo and his associates, were promptly arrested, tried, and punished. Malvy was exiled. And in January, 1918, ..."

4. The Russian Bolshevik Revolution by Edward Alsworth Ross (1921)
"Another factor explaining the crumbling away of Russia's military power was the wide diffusion of the "defeatist" doctrine. This doctrine had two aspects. ..."

5. Italy and the World War by Thomas Nelson Page (1920)
"The work of the defeatist elements had been the cause of considerable anxiety in Italy, not only to those who were eager to see the war pushed to a ..."

6. The History of the A. E. F. by Shipley Thomas (1920)
"The defeatist party in the French Chamber of Deputies was almost in power and ready to make a separate peace. Then, slowly, the war party emerged with ..."

7. France and Ourselves: Interpretative Studies: 1917-1919 by Herbert Adams Gibbons (1920)
"The mortal danger to France of the insidious defeatist campaign was fully appreciated by those who came into contact with it, as I had done. ..."

8. Adventure Guide Germany by Henk Bekker (2005)
"A defeatist KING In 1894, a statue of Konrad I, from Weilburg and ruler of Franconia, was erected in the nearby town of Villmar. He was elected king of the ..."

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