Defeatism in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “defeatism” in Hindi is पराजयवाद, pronounced parajayavad — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
acceptance of the inevitability of defeat
From 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”).
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