defeatism

/dih-fee-tiz-uhm/US // dɪˈfi tɪz əm //UK // (dɪˈfiːtɪzəm) //

失败主义,失败论,战败主义,败家子主义

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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.

as innegative attitude

Synonyms

In 1970, Paul Ehrlich reinforced the defeatism, saying that in a few years “further efforts will be futile” and “you may as well look after yourself and your friends and enjoy what little time you have left.”
It is a third way that avoids both complacency and defeatism, and we should wear the term with pride.
I worry there’s a sense of defeatism or giving up on the South, but this is simply not an option.
The post-dinner conversations of staffers and policy-makers was seamed with shame, and even defeatism.
Third, pulling out before any real efforts have been tried sends a message of hopelessness and defeatism more than anything else.
It was a country that had succumbed to paralysis and defeatism and nostalgia.
It seems at this point that dysfunction and defeatism are institutionally baked into the culture of the team.
For decades since, Britain has exercised its political resentments in the defeatism of the sporting field.
One of the troubles in dealing with any problem is routing defeatism and hopelessness.
But not because of any anti-life attitude, or pessimism, or defeatism.
Some in our midst have sought to instill a feeling of fear and defeatism in the minds of the American people about this problem.

/dih-fee-tiz-uhm/US // dɪˈfi tɪz əm //UK // (dɪˈfiːtɪzəm) //

失败主义,失败论,战败主义,败家子主义

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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.

as innegative attitude

Synonyms

In 1970, Paul Ehrlich reinforced the defeatism, saying that in a few years “further efforts will be futile” and “you may as well look after yourself and your friends and enjoy what little time you have left.”
It is a third way that avoids both complacency and defeatism, and we should wear the term with pride.
I worry there’s a sense of defeatism or giving up on the South, but this is simply not an option.
The post-dinner conversations of staffers and policy-makers was seamed with shame, and even defeatism.
Third, pulling out before any real efforts have been tried sends a message of hopelessness and defeatism more than anything else.
It was a country that had succumbed to paralysis and defeatism and nostalgia.
It seems at this point that dysfunction and defeatism are institutionally baked into the culture of the team.
For decades since, Britain has exercised its political resentments in the defeatism of the sporting field.
One of the troubles in dealing with any problem is routing defeatism and hopelessness.
But not because of any anti-life attitude, or pessimism, or defeatism.
Some in our midst have sought to instill a feeling of fear and defeatism in the minds of the American people about this problem.