See defaitism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1998 August 13, Fenris, “Archived Message for Future Inhabitants”, in sci.environment (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11:",
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"ref": "1999 November 13, Ron Ploeg, “Talking to Jackson about the state of the movie”, in alt.fan.tolkien (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-11:",
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