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defeatist

/dɪˈfiː.tɪst/

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noun

/dɪˈfiː.tɪst/C1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который смирился с неудачей или принимает поражение, не предпринимая активных усилий или предложений для преодоления трудностей.

A noun referring to a person who is resigned to failure or accepts defeat without making positive efforts or suggestions to overcome challenges.

  1. Person resigned to failureC1formal

    A person who expects or is resigned to failure, often without offering constructive solutions.

    ruПораженец

    • He's such a defeatist; he always assumes the project will fail.
    • Don't be a defeatist; we can still turn this around.
    • The team was full of defeatists who refused to try new strategies.

    Synonymsfatalistpessimistquitter

    Antonymsbelieveroptimist

Forms
  • defeatists plural form
  • defeatists' possessive plural form
  • defeatist's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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