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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
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Also, the survey showed more pessimism about finances, as views on their current financial situation saw its biggest one-month drop since the question was asked in July 2022.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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Agitated, anxious honeybees, on the other hand, responded with pessimism when researchers shook them to simulate a predatory attack.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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What the American people really deserve is not mass resignations or brief, fake shutdowns that stir up political chaos in Washington, DC, while Americans across the country watch in horror or turn a blind eye in disgust.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Since his detention, a state board has stripped Roberts’ license to be superintendent and the Des Moines school board has voted to accept his letter of resignation, which Parrish wrote on Roberts’ behalf.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Defeatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defeatism. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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