expecting not to succeed, and showing it in a particular situation a defeatist attitude/view
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He is a pessimist and a defeatist.
NAmE//dɪˈfit̮ɪzəm//
noun [uncountable]See defeatist in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: defeatist