defeatism
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Britannica Dictionary definition of DEFEATISM
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formal
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a way of thinking in which a person expects to lose or fail
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We must not give in to defeatism. We must be optimistic.
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He was seen as an intellectual defeatist.
— defeatist
adjective [more defeatist; most defeatist]-
their defeatist attitudes
