DEFEATISM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("defeatism" is a kind of...):

resignation; surrender (acceptance of despair)

Derivation:

defeatist (someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions)

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