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    DEFEATIST

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestionsplay

    Synonyms:

    defeatist; negativist

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("defeatist" is a kind of...):

    pessimist (a person who expects the worst)

    Derivation:

    defeat (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)

    defeat (the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals)

    defeatism (acceptance of the inevitability of defeat)

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