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• n  acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

• Defeatism faded, neutralism began to fade, because arms came into being; and the fading of defeatism made more arms possible.
• British academic Duncan McCargo counters such heartless defeatism with Tearing Apart the Land, an introduction to a scandalously underreported conflict.
• At breakfast time, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman was in Cleveland, decrying "an unfortunate embrace of isolationism, defeatism, and a blame- America-first .

News & Articles

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• Williams has mental edge over rest of field at Wimbledon
  LONDON -- Serena Williams heads to Wimbledon to defend her title with seeds of doubt and defeatism already sown in the minds of her opponents.. The psychological scars of playing the younger Williams sister run deep in the women's game and, now that the American has dusted off the red
  June 21, 2013 - Rockdale Citizen
• Williams has mental edge over rest at Wimbledon
  By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) - Serena Williams heads to Wimbledon to defend her title with seeds of doubt and defeatism already sown in the minds of her opponents. The psychological scars of playing the younger Williams sister run deep in the women's game and, now that the American has dusted off the red clay from her shoes, predictions of an upset on southwest London's luscious lawns are few ...
  June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
• Tennis-Williams has mental edge over rest at Wimbledon
  By Toby Davis LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Serena Williams heads to Wimbledon to defend her title with seeds of doubt and defeatism already sown in the minds of her opponents. The psychological scars of playing the younger Williams sister run deep in the women's game and, now that the American has dusted off the red clay from her shoes, predictions of an upset on southwest London's luscious lawns ...
  June 20, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Vice President Dick Cheney in New York Times
  What's most troubling about Senator Reid's comments yesterday is his defeatism,Mr. Cheney said. "And the timetable legislation that he is now pursuing would guarantee defeat. Maybe it is a political calculation."
• President Bush in BP News
  Bush said he would continue to seek advice about Iraq from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress but also warned his critics: "Yet, there is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success and defeatism that refuses to...
• Joan Laporta in Sportinglife.com
  Barcelona president Joan Laporta added: "We are going to fight this defeatism that some people seem to want to instil in the club."