defaitism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Now that's defaitism -- cheer up Janne, maybe some day we *will* get rid of these patronizing, moralizing humbugs :-) ?"
- "Don't all enviros have moments of defaitism from time to time?"
- "Women react to adversity differently from what we'd expect, and different women react in different ways. Sometimes they express their insecurity by various forms of defaitism, escape and by being intimidated by the whole thing rather then by investing more effort, what u might have expected."
- "There is neither need for patronising nor defaitism IMO."
- "Any attempts to try to negotiate with the New Order of the US or to make deals with it are simply to be regarded as defaitism and appeasement. Everybody out there, take heed of the warnings of history."
- "Address munging is defaitism and doesn't bother spammers the least. But it is hostile to communication."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: defaitisme, defaitismi, défaitisme, defaitism