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Antonyms for defeatists

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-fee-tist
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfi tɪst

Definition of defeatists

Origin :
  • 1918, adjective and noun, in reference to pacifists and political opposition in Britain, from French défaitiste, which was used there in reference to the Russians who sought to end their war with Germany; see defeat (n.) + -ist. Their opposition, in the original Russian context, were called defensists.
  • As in naysayer : noun pessimist
  • As in pessimist : noun person who expects bad outcome
Example sentences :
  • "Defeatists" we have had, we have yet, in Canada, in the Province of Quebec.
  • Extract from : « England, Canada and the Great War » by Louis-Georges Desjardins
  • They, too, like the Socialist "defeatists," aimed to weaken and corrupt the morale of the army and to divide the nation.
  • Extract from : « Bolshevism » by John Spargo
  • You thought it odd in one who, when you last saw him, was well up in Group A of the defeatists.
  • Extract from : « Right Ho, Jeeves » by P. G. Wodehouse

Synonyms for defeatists

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