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Recent Examples of defeatism
Shot entirely in France, the movie renders its ideas of romantic melancholy and Agathe’s default romantic defeatism in ways that reassure the audience every second.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Blind pessimism becomes defeatism, a denial that solutions are possible.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2025
The defeatism that has come to define the way that many young people today perceive the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is not really part of her vocabulary.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
The title is the central theme, brilliantly and often shockingly rendered via a series of lightly connected stories that mine the depths of defeatism, nihilism, and alienation.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Blind pessimism becomes defeatism, a denial that solutions are possible.
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2025
The defeatism that has come to define the way that many young people today perceive the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is not really part of her vocabulary.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
The title is the central theme, brilliantly and often shockingly rendered via a series of lightly connected stories that mine the depths of defeatism, nihilism, and alienation.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for defeatism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for defeatism
Noun
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An unwinding of pessimism amongst short-term option traders could help MU keep charging higher.—
Schaeffer's Investment Research,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Yet the transfer deadline was accompanied by a tone of understandable pessimism among fans that has rarely been seen on Fosun’s watch.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Barcelona striker quit his international team following a row over the captaincy with previous coach Michal Probierz, but has been reinstated in the squad and with the armband by Jan Urban, who replaced Probierz following his resignation in June.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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His departure is the latest in a string of university leaders’ resignations, following tenures marked by criticism and battles with the federal government.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Defeatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defeatism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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