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 [dih-fee-tiz-uhm]   Origin

de·feat·ism

   [dih-fee-tiz-uhm]
noun
the attitude, policy, or conduct of a person who admits, expects, or no longer resists defeat, as because of a conviction that further struggle or effort is futile; pessimistic resignation.
Origin:
1915–20; defeat + -ism, modeled on French défaitisme
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defeatism (dɪˈfiːtɪzəm)
 
—n
a ready acceptance or expectation of defeat
 
de'featist
 
—n, —adj

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defeatism
1918; see see defeatist.
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