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Definition: Defeatism |
DefeatismNoun1. Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We have beaten back despair and defeatism. |
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| "Defeatism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Defeatism" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 31 | 62,296 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "defeatism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | disfatizëm. (various references) | |
Arabic | الانهزامية, الروح الانهزامية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пораженство. (various references) | |
Czech | poraženectví, kapitulantství. (various references) | |
Farsi | یاس وبدبینی , اعتراف به شکست , شکست گراءی . (various references) | |
Finnish | tappiomieliala. (various references) | |
French | défaitisme. (various references) | |
German | defätismus. (various references) | |
Greek | ηττοπάθεια. (various references) | |
Hebrew | תבוסת ות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | kishitûség (pusillanimity). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sikap menyerah, sikap kalah. (various references) | |
Italian | disfattismo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 敗北主義 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | はいぼくしゅぎ. (various references) | |
Manx | sheer-haartagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | efeatismday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | derrotismo. (various references) | |
Romanian | defetism. (various references) | |
Russian | пораженчество. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | defetizam. (various references) | |
Spanish | derrotismo. (various references) | |
Swedish | defaitism. (various references) | |
Turkish | yenilgiyi kabul etme, bozgunculuk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | поразництво, пораженство. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | chủ nghĩa thất bại. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "defeatism": defeatisms. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "defeatism" (pronounced dufē"ti'zum) |
| 6 | -ē" t i' z u m | pietism, elitism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, astigmatism, autism, baptism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, conservatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, Irredentism, leftism, magnetism, rheumatism, separatism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | absenteeism, abolitionism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: mediates, safetied, semideaf. | |
-2 letters: deafest, defames, defeats, diastem, feasted, ideates, mediate, misdate, steamed. | |
-3 letters: adeems, admits, amides, amidst, defame, defats, defeat, defies, demast, demies, demise, demits, edemas, fasted, feased, fiesta, fisted, ideate, itemed, masted, meated, mediae, medias, misate, miseat, misted, samite, seamed, seated, sedate, sifted, teamed, teased. | |
-4 letters: adeem, adits, admit, aedes, aides, aimed. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-i-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: defeatisms, manifested. | |
+2 letters: manifestoed. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Speeches 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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