fatalistic
Americanadjective
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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.
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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.
Other Word Forms
- fatalistically adverb
- nonfatalistic adjective
- quasi‐fatalistic adjective
- quasi‐fatalistically adverb
- unfatalistic adjective
- unfatalistically adverb
Etymology
Origin of fatalistic
Example Sentences
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The senior source is more "fatalistic", in their assessment on whether Labour could win the campaign in Wales next spring.
From BBC
For the Portuguese adventure, "we added something very very specific to the Portuguese people -- 'saudade' -- this somewhat fatalistic melancholy," Fabcaro told AFP.
From Barron's
And while there is nothing fatalistic about such imperial fantasies that translate the past into the present, they often echo in the repertoire of the influential and powerful.
From Salon
Mays, in the time I’ve known him, has been realistic rather than fatalistic.
From Los Angeles Times
Eleven years on, she has gone back to hospital to give birth several times and takes a fatalistic attitude.
From BBC
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