敗はい北ぼく主しゅ義ぎ

noun

defeatism

An attitude of expecting or accepting defeat, often used in political, military, or psychological contexts.

• 彼かれの敗はい北ぼく主しゅ義ぎ的てきな発はつ言げんはチームの士し気きを下さげた。

  His defeatist remarks lowered the team's morale.

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、敗はい北ぼく主しゅ義ぎは厳きびしく取とり締しまられた。

  During the war, defeatism was strictly suppressed.