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US
/feɪtəˈɫɪstɪk/
]
[ UK /fˌeɪtəlˈɪstɪk/ ]
[ UK /fˌeɪtəlˈɪstɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
of or relating to fatalism
fatalistic thinking
a fatalist person
How To Use fatalistic In A Sentence
- Film noir is known for electrifying, fatalistic dialogue.
- Someone folds up a newspaper with a fatalistic headline.
- fatalistic thinking
- England's tactics were dismal and negative, letting the game drift in an almost fatalistic manner. Times, Sunday Times
- Audiences must have bought into the fatalistic inevitability of the plot devices.
- Thus people are rendered fatalistic and generally accept their situation in life rather than make rational efforts to change it. Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies
- Characteristically, the patriarchy thesis generates a revolutionary ideology rather than a fatalistic acceptance of determinism and relativism.
- Many people I know may agree with me but have become totally fatalistic about the chances of convincing anyone else. Times, Sunday Times
- They were all too kind to snigger but Suzi distinctly saw fat Luiza shrug her shoulders in a gesture of fatalistic despair.
- But if you are an external, you take the fatalistic view things happen by luck or chance. The Sun