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fatalistic

[ feyt-l-is-tik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

demonstrating a belief that all events are inevitable, so one’s choices and actions make no difference:
Fear, uncertainty, and a feeling of powerlessness contribute to a fatalistic attitude among many refugees when it comes to seeking justice.
Philosophy. advancing the idea that all events are naturally predetermined or subject to fate:
A fatalistic view, which denies the possibility of free will, makes some sense scientifically.

Some of his preciousness is a veneer, however, for his fatalistic streak.

The Starks are fatalistic, duty-bound, honorable but kind of unsophisticated.

Otherwise, however, this geographic cluster of answers is, if anything, even more fatalistic than the cultural explanations.

And there has always been corruption—and earnest, fatalistic declarations from leaders saying how difficult it was to end it.

Despite its fatalistic title, which suggests divine retribution, Nemesis is a realistic novel, not a parable.

Superstitious and fatalistic, like so many superior men, she had no sincere belief except in occult sciences.

A fatalistic determinist denies the category of the contingent or possible.

It is one thing to the apathetic, fatalistic Turk, and quite another matter to an energetic, nervous American.

Beatrice is bidden to go on her way, but stands riveted to the spot by a fatalistic impulse to realise her dream.

Even the doctor, who accepted him with fatalistic calm, confessed alarm.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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