defeatist
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The biggest impediment to cancer progress is a defeatist mindset that extending lives isn’t worth the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
De Zerbi is fiercely competitive and must transmit that into his players; easier said than done given the timid, defeatist nature of their performances this season.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
And that's to do with how we frame things, not in a defeatist way of, “Oh, isn't it terrible they've done this, so we should all be suffering?”
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
Her words might sound defeatist, but her tone is resolute.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
“If by defeatist you mean honest, then I agree.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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