overwinningsnederlaag

== Dutch == === Etymology === From overwinning (“victory”) +‎ nederlaag (“defeat”). === Noun === overwinningsnederlaag f (plural overwinningsnederlagen, diminutive overwinningsnederlaagje n) a victory that resembles a defeat De stress van het moment, allicht, maar mogelijk zat in het achterhoofd van de N-VA-leider ook al de vrees voor een overwinningsnederlaag. (De Morgen newspaper, 26 May 2014, [1]) Likely it was the stress of the moment, but possibly the NVA-party leader also feared a victory that resembles a defeat. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with pyrrusoverwinning (“a very costly victory, a Pyrrhic victory”). An overwinningsnederlaag is not necessarily a costly victory.