defeatism

defeatism
/di fee"tiz euhm/, n.
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.
[1915-20; DEFEAT + -ISM, modeled on F défaitisme]

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