défaitiste

== French == === Etymology === Coined by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as calque of Russian пораже́нец (poražénec), also coined by him as a derivation of пораже́ние (poražénije, “defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) +‎ -iste (“-ist”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.fɛ.tist/ ~ /de.fe.tist/ === Adjective === défaitiste (plural défaitistes) defeatist === Noun === défaitiste m or f by sense (plural défaitistes) defeatist ==== Related terms ==== défaite défaitisme ==== Descendants ==== → English: defeatist → German: Defätist → Italian: disfattista === References === === Further reading === “défaitiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012