overwinningsnederlaag

Dutch

Etymology

From overwinning (“victory”) +‎ nederlaag (“defeat”).

Noun

overwinningsnederlaag f (plural overwinningsnederlagen, diminutive overwinningsnederlaagje n)

  1. a victory that resembles a defeat
    De stress van het moment, allicht, maar mogelijk zat in het achterhoofd van de N-VA-leider ook al de vrees voor een overwinningsnederlaag. (De Morgen newspaper, 26 May 2014, )
    Likely it was the stress of the moment, but possibly the NVA-party leader also feared a victory that resembles a defeat.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with pyrrusoverwinning (“a very costly victory, a Pyrrhic victory”). An overwinningsnederlaag is not necessarily a costly victory.

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