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9 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
originFrom defeat + -ism, after French défaitisme, coined in 1915 by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as a translation of Russian пораже́нчество (poražénčestvo), also coined by him as a derivation of порази́ть (porazítʹ, “to strike, defeat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- semideaf 14
- defames 13
- misfeed 13
- safetied 12
- defame 12
- misfed 12
- mediates 11
- sidemeat 11
- deafest 11
- defeats 11
- feasted 11
- famed 11