defeatist

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

de=feat=ist

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun defeatist has 1 sense

defeatist(n = noun.person) negativist - someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions;

is a kind of pessimist

Derived forms noun defeat₁, noun defeat₂, noun defeatism₁

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THESAURUS

defeatist

Cassandra, Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Eeyore, calamity howler, cynic, cynical, dismal, downbeat, gloomy, killjoy, malist, negative, negativist, negativistic, nihilist, nihilistic, pessimist, pessimistic, prophet of doom, retreatist, seek-sorrow, uncheerful, worrywart

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