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- 1. a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better: "their opposition to planning for full employment was a lost cause"
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American historical negationist ideology that holds that the cause of the Confederacy during the American Civil War was a just and heroic one
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy is an American pseudohistorical and historical negationist myth that claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. First enunciated in 1866, it has continued to influence racism, gender roles, and religious attitudes in the Southern United States into the 21st century. Historians have disman... Wikipedia