how to pronounce defeatism

/dɪˈfiːtɪzəm/

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defeatism is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of defeatism in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meanings of defeatism

noun:

Acceptance of defeat without struggle.

defeatism frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word defeatism occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics defeatism can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that defeatism can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;