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defeatism

How many syllables in defeatism?

  3 syllables

Divide defeatism into syllables:   de-feat-ism
How to pronounce defeatism:   dih-fee-tiz-um
How to say defeatism:

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Synonyms for defeatism


2 syllables
  • despair
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
    5 syllables
      6 syllables
      • loser mentality
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        What rhymes with defeatism

        2 syllables
        • fideism
          3 syllables
          4 syllables
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