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defeatism

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de⋅feat⋅ism

  [di-fee-tiz-uhm]
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–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 F défaitisme
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de·feat·ism   (dĭ-fē'tĭz'əm)   
n.  Acceptance of or resignation to the prospect of defeat.
de·feat'ist adj. & n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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