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DEFEATIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

Synonyms:

defeatist; negativist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("defeatist" is a kind of...):

pessimist (a person who expects the worst)

Derivation:

defeat (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

defeat (the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals)

defeatism (acceptance of the inevitability of defeat)

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