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US
/dɪˈfitɪst/
]
[ UK /dɪfˈiːtɪst/ ]
[ UK /dɪfˈiːtɪst/ ]
NOUN
- someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
How To Use defeatist In A Sentence
- Those who belittle the value of new integrative speculation are, in a phrase of Bennett's, dogmatically defeatist.
- Those who belittle the value of new integrative speculation are, in a phrase of Bennett's, dogmatically defeatist.
- Because of that, and because the side was so good in those days, a lot of teams went there with a defeatist attitude and were delighted if they managed to escape with even a point but that's not the case any more.
- I couldn't accept that defeatist attitude and neither could Dad.
- I've read that the recipe book gathered some vitriolic discussion over on RA's tagboard over some missing ingredients in some recipes, well-intentioned people simply using the book for fame and glory, the usual defeatist comments that seems all too common in our country. Global Voices in English » Bloggers raise funds for Brunei Special Olympics Team
- There's a tendency to be defeatist, to label and criminalise young people.
- How defeatist does the imitation - Gothic interior appear, once this has been realized.
- There's a tendency to be defeatist, to label and criminalise young people.
- Letting go of defeatist attitudes that you may not even realize you have is crucial.
- I for one do not mind my tax dollars going to a dog park and I commend those members of the City Council who refuse to engage in defeatist and negative thinking that always seems to hold this City back. Aurora Alderman Says Dog Park is Taxpayer Priority During Fiscal Pressure