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Recent Examples of defeatism
Biden was compelled not by any fair comparison to the character and record of the Republican nominee, but by how polls had spread defeatism and panic among other party leaders, down-ballot Democrats and major donors.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024
But Newbury believes that this inevitable incumbency effect has been compounded by a sense of apathy and defeatism in the sector.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
What a mix of cruelty, defeatism, conspiracy-mongering and political servility.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
However, not everything is gloomy, and both Kyiv and the West should guard against defeatism.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024
But Newbury believes that this inevitable incumbency effect has been compounded by a sense of apathy and defeatism in the sector.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024
What a mix of cruelty, defeatism, conspiracy-mongering and political servility.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
However, not everything is gloomy, and both Kyiv and the West should guard against defeatism.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
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“Defeatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defeatism. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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