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defeatism

/dɪˈfiːtɪz(ə)m/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɪˈfiːtɪz(ə)m/

dɪˈfiːtɪzəm

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

dɪ - ˈfiːtɪzəm -> defeatism

Myanmar meaning

(n) အရှုံးပေးစိတ်ဓါတ်။

Full entry

defeat /dÇ'fi:t/ v

၁။ အနိုင်ယူသည်။ အနိုင်ရသည်။ ရှုံးနိမ့်စေသည်။ The enemy was defeated in a decisive battle. ❍ We will defeat the government at the next election. ❍ He has been soundly defeated at chess.
၂။ (infml) နားမလည်နိုင် ဖြစ်သည်။
I've tried to solve the problem, but it defeats me. ❍ Why you stay indoors on a beautiful day like this defeats me.
၃။ (က) လက်လျှော့သည်။ အရှုံးပေးသည်။ လက်မြှောက်သည်။
By not working hard enough you defeat your own purpose.
(ခ) အကြံအစည်၊ အဆိုပြုချက်၊ ကြိုးပမ်းချက်စသည်ကို ပျက်ပြားစေသည်၊ အရေးနိမ့်စေသည်။
We've defeated moves to build another office block.
n (က) [U] (v တွင်သာ နိုင်သည့် အဓိပ္ပာယ်အသုံးရှိ) ရှုံးခြင်း။
suffer/admit defeat ❍ I never consider the possibility of defeat.
(ခ) [C] အရှုံး။ We've had six wins and two defeats this season.
❏ defeatism /-Çzǝm/ n [U] အရှုံးပေးလိုစိတ်။
Not bothering to vote is a sure sign of defeatism.
❏ defeatist /-Çst/ adj , n အလွယ်တကူ အရှုံးပေးတတ်၊ စိတ်ပျက်တတ်သော၊ သူ။

More examples

England suffered a 2–0 defeat by Scotland.
A humiliating/heavy/crushing defeat
[admit/accept/concede defeat] : A stubborn man who was not prepared to admit defeat

Synonyms

beat, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, conquer, crush, rout, trounce, whitewash, cream, thrash, vanquish, KO, ambush, annihilate, annihilation, baffle, balk, bamboozle, bar, bear down, beat down, beat the system, beating, best, blank, block, blow, break, breakdown, bury, bust, butcher, cast down, cause setback, check, checkmate, circumvent, clobber, collapse, confound, conquest, contravene, cook, count, counterplot, cross, debacle, decimate, deck, defeasance, demolish, destruction, disappoint, disappointment, discomfit, discomfiture, disconcert, disprove, downfall, downthrow, drop, drown, drub, drubbing, edge, edge out, embarrassment, entrap, extermination, failure, fall, finish off, flax, flog, floor, foil, frustrate, frustration, halt, hiding, hinder, impede, insuccess, invalidate, killing, knock out, lacing, lambaste, lick, licking, loss, massacre, mastery, mow down, neutralize, nonplus, nonsuccess, nose out, nullify, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outhit, outjump, outmaneuver, outplay, outrun, outwit, overrun, overthrow, overturn, paddling, parry, plow under, pommel, pound, powder, prevail over, pulverize, put end to, puzzle, quell, rebuff, reduce, refute, repel, repress, repulse, reversal, reverse, roll back, route, ruin, run roughshod over, sack, scalping, scatter, scuttle, setback, shave, shellac, shellacking, shipwreck, sink, skin, skunk, slaughter, smash, spoil, squash, steamroll, stump, subdue, subjugate, subjugation, suppress, surmount, swamp, take

Antonyms

abet, accomplishment, achievement, advance, aid, allow, approve, assist, attainment, attract, boon, boost, build, clarify, clear, clear up, conquest, construct, create, encourage, endorse, enlighten, explain, facilitate, fail, fix, float, forfeit, forward, free, give up, grow, help, increase, inspirit, let go, liberate, lose, mastery, open, permit, promote, prove, push, release, save, strengthen, success, support, surrender, triumph, validate, victory, win, yield, yielding

Cross references

beat overcome overpower overwhelm conquer crush rout trounce whitewash cream thrash vanquish KO ambush annihilate annihilation baffle balk bamboozle bar bear down beat down beat the system beating best blank block blow

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