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    defeatist
    /dɪˈfiːtɪst/

    noun

    • 1. a person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.

    adjective

    • 1. demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure: "we have a duty not to be so defeatist"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDEFEATIST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. disapproving uk / dɪˈfiː.tɪst / us / dɪˈfiː.t̬ɪst / Add to word list. having no hope and expecting to fail: Being defeatist will get us nowhere. He's got such a defeatist attitude. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not hopeful. a road to nowhere idiom. be in a funk idiom. be on a hiding to nothing idiom.

  3. www.dictionary.com › browse › defeatistDEFEATIST Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Defeatist definition: a person who surrenders easily or is subject to defeatism. . See examples of DEFEATIST used in a sentence.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › defeatistDefeatist - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A defeatist is the opposite of an optimist. A defeatist is convinced that he's going to fail, and he isn't surprised when he does fail. This is how a defeatist might propose to his girlfriend: "I'm sure you're going to say 'no,' so why don't you just go ahead and reject me now."

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › defeatismDefeatism Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat. defeatist. di-ˈfē-tist. dē- noun or adjective. Examples of defeatism in a Sentence. We must not give in to defeatism. We must be optimistic.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDEFEATIST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    having no hope and expecting to fail: Being defeatist will get us nowhere. He's got such a defeatist attitude. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not hopeful. be in a funk idiom. be on a hiding to nothing idiom. be on the road to nowhere idiom. bleakly.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDEFEATISM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a way of thinking or behaving that shows that you expect to fail: He criticized his party for defeatism. defeatist. adjective us / dɪˈfi·t̬ɪst / You’ll never get anywhere with a defeatist attitude. (Definition of defeatism from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of defeatism. defeatism.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › defeatistDefeatist - definition of defeatist by The Free Dictionary

    noun. 1. pessimist, sceptic, cynic, misery, scoffer, doubter, killjoy, quitter, prophet of doom, yielder a defeatist might give up at this point. adjective. 1. pessimistic, resigned, despairing, hopeless, foreboding, despondent, fatalistic Don't go out there with a defeatist attitude.