defeatist

Example Sentences

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But they were not defeatist, and not despondent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

This attempt to reassert the old order has been fractured, ineffective and at times defeatist, according to interviews with sources in or around the push to defeat Mamdani conducted over the months since the primary.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

The UK's never going to attract world-class talent if all we do is look down on the contest and approach it with a defeatist attitude.

From BBC • May 17, 2025

Marsden: I know that’s a very defeatist way of looking at it, because it is Channing and Steven Soderbergh.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

In the end, both of these perspectives are defeatist.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell