Defeatism is acceptance and content with defeat without struggle. In everyday use, defeatism has negative connotation, and is often linked to treason and pessimism. The term is commonly used in the context of war: a soldier can be a defeatist if he or she refuses to fight because he or she thinks that the fight will be lost for sure or that it is not worth fighting for some other reason. The term can also be used in other fields, like politics, sports, psychology and philosophy. The term originates from France during World War I. == Political defeatism == Some governments charged dissidents with "defeatism" for opposing the war or other government policies. For example: * Luigi Fabbri, (1877 - 1935), an Italian militant anarchist, was charged with defeatism during the World War I. * Elizabeth von Thadden (1890 - 1944), a teacher and an anti-Hitler activist from Morag, was sentenced to death for defeatism and attempted treason. * Daniil Kharms (1905 - 1942), a Russian writer, was charged with defeatism and jailed during the Siege of Leningrad. He starved to death in prison.
I am not sure if anybody is going to read this, but let me ask anyway. Would it be ok for me to list people that were called defeatist at some point? Or would it be too politicized? --User:Dcabrilo 17:48, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::Sounds good, but how will they be chosen? Defeatists called such by the media, or from another source? :::Well, I don't know. E.g. Daniil Kharms was sentenced for being a defeatist. Some are calling Sharon a defeatist. I mean, media can call anyone a defeatist, so if we are listing names, let's just use examples of people who were proclaimed to be defeatists with some consequence following. --User:Dcabrilo 00:48, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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Defeatism is acceptance and content with defeat without struggle. In everyday use, defeatism has negative connotation, and is often linked to treason and pessimism. The term is commonly used in the context of war: a soldier can be a defeatist if he or she refuses to fight because he or she thinks that the fight will be lost for sure or that it is not worth fighting for some other reason. The term can also be used in other fields, like politics, sports, psychology and philosophy. The term originates from France during World War I. == Political defeatism == Some governments charged dissidents with "defeatism" for opposing the war or other government policies. For example: * Luigi Fabbri, (1877 - 1935), an Italian militant anarchist, was charged with defeatism during the World War I. * Elizabeth von Thadden (1890 - 1944), a teacher and an anti-Hitler activist from Morag, was sentenced to death for defeatism and attempted treason. * Daniil Kharms (1905 - 1942), a Russian writer, was charged with defeatism and jailed during the Siege of Leningrad. He starved to death in prison.
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I am not sure if anybody is going to read this, but let me ask anyway. Would it be ok for me to list people that were called defeatist at some point? Or would it be too politicized? --User:Dcabrilo 17:48, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC) ::Sounds good, but how will they be chosen? Defeatists called such by the media, or from another source? :::Well, I don't know. E.g. Daniil Kharms was sentenced for being a defeatist. Some are calling Sharon a defeatist. I mean, media can call anyone a defeatist, so if we are listing names, let's just use examples of people who were proclaimed to be defeatists with some consequence following. --User:Dcabrilo 00:48, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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