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defeatist

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de⋅feat⋅ist

  [di-fee-tist]
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–noun
1. a person who surrenders easily or is subject to defeatism.
2. an advocate or follower of defeatism as a public policy.
–adjective
3. marked by defeatism.
Origin:
1915–20; defeat + -ist, modeled on F défaitiste
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de·feat·ism   (dĭ-fē'tĭz'əm)   
n.  Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat.
de·feat'ist adj. & n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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