défaitiste
French edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as calque of Russian пораженец (poraženec).[1][2] Also coined by him as a derivation of поражение (poraženije, “defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) + -iste (“-ist”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
défaitiste (plural défaitistes)
Noun edit
défaitiste m or f by sense (plural défaitistes)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: defeatist
- → German: Defätist
- → Italian: disfattista
References edit
- ^ Grigory Aleksinsky (1915) La Russie Moderne [Modern Russia] (in French), 2nd edition
- ^ Catherine Slater (1980 October) “Note critique sur l'origine de « défaitisme » et « défaitiste »”, in Mots. Les langages du politique (in French), , pages 213–217
Further reading edit
- “défaitiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.