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单词 defencism
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defencismdefensismn.

Brit. /dᵻˈfɛnsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /dəˈfɛnˌsɪz(ə)m/, /diˈfɛnˌsɪz(ə)m/
Forms: 1900s– defencism, 1900s– defensism.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Russian lexical item. Etymons: defence n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < defence n. + -ism suffix, after Russian oborončestvo (1915). Compare defencist adj. and also defeatism n.
Russian History
The policy or attitude of supporting the continuation of hostilities by Russia against the Central Powers towards the end of the First World War (1914–18), rather than the conclusion of a separate peace.
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1918 Round Table Sept. 731 The Soviet could not adhere to the middle line it had chosen. Its tepid defencism was continually being overborne by the rabid defeatism of the Bolshevik minority.
1949 I. Deutscher Stalin v. 131 The patriotic attitude or the ‘defensism’ of the Mensheviks.
1977 Canad. Slavonic Papers 19 370 Kropotkin's militant defensism separated him from many of his anarchist friends.
2014 J. A. Sanborn Imperial Apocalypse vi. 206 They..avoided strengthening the defensism of the Russian soldiers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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