Synonyms for defeatism

But not because of any anti-life attitude, or pessimism, or defeatism.

The army was demoralized and saturated with the defeatism preached by the Porazhentsi.

Some in our midst have sought to instill a feeling of fear and defeatism in the minds of the American people about this problem.

To face the task of finding jobs faster than invention can take them away--is not defeatism.