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View synonyms for fatalistic

fatalistic

[ feyt-l-is-tik ]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. 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.



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Other Words From

  • fa·tal·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
  • non·fa·tal·is·tic adjective
  • qua·si‐fa·tal·is·tic adjective
  • qua·si‐fa·tal·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
  • un·fa·tal·is·tic adjective
  • un·fa·tal·is·ti·cal·ly adverb
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Example Sentences

Remarkably, the authors found that constructive doubt and constructive hope both correlated with increased policy support and willingness to take political action, whereas false hope and fatalistic thinking had a negative association.

From Salon

“You know what to do, Americans. We can avoid this nightmare. Never become resigned or fatalistic. That’s what they want,” she wrote on X.

From Salon

Even the most fatalistic Labourites, for so long determined to avoid complacency, are beginning to admit that they believe government is within their grasp.

From BBC

“Like real depression, where it’s kind of scaring me too a little bit because it feels really fatalistic, it feels really ‘end of.’”

And we don’t want to be fatalistic in thinking that you are either born with entrepreneurship or you’re not.

From BBC

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