fatalistic

[US]/'fetl'ɪstɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. believing that all events are predetermined and inevitable.

Phrases & Collocations

fatalistic attitude

fatalistic beliefs

Example Sentences

Our sports, in this rather happy, no fatalistic view of human nature, are more splendid creations of the no datable, trans-species play impulse.

She had a fatalistic attitude towards life.

He had a fatalistic belief that everything was predetermined.

The fatalistic tone of the novel left readers with a sense of inevitability.

Despite facing challenges, she remained fatalistic about the outcome.

His fatalistic view on relationships made him hesitant to commit.

The character's fatalistic decisions led to tragic consequences.

The fatalistic nature of the situation left them feeling powerless.

She approached the situation with a fatalistic acceptance of whatever may come.

The fatalistic prophecy haunted him, affecting his decisions.

The character's fatalistic outlook colored their interactions with others.

Real-world Examples

I would argue DNA methylation is also dynamic and not fatalistic either.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American March 2023 Collection

All her tossing contradictory impulses were merged in a fatalistic acceptance of his will.

Source: Summer

People often have fatalistic attitudes when it comes to plane crashes, which can lead to apathy when it comes to safety briefings.

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia of Technology

People who say that old age sets in earlier, may also be more fatalistic and less likely to visit a doctor or to adopt healthier routines.

Source: Portable English Bilingual Edition

Whereas other people, who through a personality test were seen to be more fatalistic, which means that they thought events were inevitable, or pre-determined, were more likely to have the time-moving perspective of time.

Source: Asap SCIENCE Selection

A new outbreak of laughter, while Mrs. Poyser was speaking, was caused, less by her sudden conversion to a fatalistic view of jug-breaking than by that strange appearance of Hetty, which had startled her aunt.

Source: Adam Bede (Part Two)

As the frantic old man thus spoke and thus trampled with his live and dead feet, a sneering triumph that seemed meant for Ahab, and a fatalistic despair that seemed meant for himself—these passed over the mute, motionless Parsee's face.

Source: Moby-Dick

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