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capitulationism

American

[kuh-pich-uh-lay-shuh-niz-uhm] / kəˌpɪtʃ əˈleɪ ʃəˌnɪz əm /

noun

advocacy or approval of capitulation.

Other Word Forms

capitulationist

noun

Etymology

Origin of capitulationism

First recorded in 1955–60; capitulation + -ism

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