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defeat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??fi?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet (“disfigured”, past participle) and defet (“defect”, noun), see Etymology 2 below.
Verb
defeat (third-person singular simple present defeats, present participle defeating, simple past and past participle defeated)
- (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
- Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
- (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes.
- 1879, Adolphus Ward, Chaucer, in English Men of Letters
- In one instance he defeated his own purpose.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- (transitive) To nullify
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- The escheators […] defeated the right heir of his succession.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
Derived terms
- self-defeating
Synonyms
- vanquish, overcome, beat
Hyponyms
- conquer (defeat and annex); rout, crush, cream (decisive); shutout, zilch (sports, to defeat without permitting any opposing score)
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English defet, from French deffet, desfait, past participle of the verb desfaire (compare modern French défaire), from des- + faire.
Noun
defeat (countable and uncountable, plural defeats)
- The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
- Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
- The act or instance of defeating, of overcoming, vanquishing.
- The inscription records her defeat of the country's enemies in a costly war.
- Frustration (by prevention of success), stymieing; (law) nullification.
- 1909, The Southern Reporter, page 250:
- ... is subsequently issued to him, in accordance with his perfect equity thus acquired, by a legal fiction which the law creates for the protection, but not for the defeat, of his title.
- 2008, Gene Porter, A Daughter of the Land, volume 1 (?ISBN), page 17:
- She could see no justice in being forced into a position that promised to end in further humiliation and defeat of her hopes.
- 1909, The Southern Reporter, page 250:
- (obsolete) Destruction, ruin.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1:
- and made defeat of her virginity
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 4, scene 1:
Antonyms
- victory
Translations
Anagrams
- feated
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pessimism
English
Etymology
From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”), superlative of malus (“bad”).As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819.
Noun
pessimism (usually uncountable, plural pessimisms)
- A general belief that bad things will happen.
- The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.
- (computing) The condition of being pessimal.
Antonyms
- optimism
Related terms
- pessimist
- pessimistic
Derived terms
- cultural pessimism
- ecopessimism
Translations
Further reading
- pessimism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pessimism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pessimism at OneLook Dictionary Search
Swedish
Noun
pessimism c
- pessimism; a general belief that bad things will happen
Declension
Antonyms
- optimism
Related terms
- pessimist
- pessimistisk
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