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lost cause

noun

Etymology

From the generic term lost cause. The Confederacy was, of course, defeated.

Definitions

  1. A person or thing that is hopeless or futile.

    • He has already made up his mind, and it's a lost cause to try to change it.
    • I get the sense that it's a lost cause / I get the sense that you might really love her / This text gon' be evidence, this text is evidence / I tried to ration with you, no murders or crimes of passion, but damn

  2. The belief that the Confederate cause during the American Civil War was just and not…

    The belief that the Confederate cause during the American Civil War was just and not related to slavery.

    • Also implicit was the idea that all southerners accepted the basic tenets of the Lost Cause myth and concurred in this celebration of the Confederacy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA