adjective/de.fɛ.tist/
defeatist
Coined by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as calque of Russian пораже́нец (poražénec), also coined by him as a derivation of пораже́ние (poražénije, “defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) + -iste (“-ist”).
noun, masculine/feminine/de.fɛ.tist/plural: défaitistes
defeatist
Coined by Russian writer Grigorij Aleksinskij as calque of Russian пораже́нец (poražénec), also coined by him as a derivation of пораже́ние (poražénije, “defeat”). By surface analysis, défaite (“defeat”) + -iste (“-ist”).