fatalism

[feyt-l-iz-uhm] / ˈfeɪt lˌɪz əm /

NOUN

resignation to a fate

Synonyms

STRONG

acceptance determinism passivity predestinarianism predestination stoicism

WEAK

destinism necessitarianism

Example Sentences

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In other hands, a film of such unadorned fatalism might seem useless, an exercise in emotional sadism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The fatalism, the quarter of a century of not contending, the grinding down of expectation.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

But it cleared the fog of legal fatalism and said, at least, that the possibility of truth still has standing.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2025

Today, realism tells us that the future will get worse before it might get better – and it can only get better if we reject fatalism and get on with organizing.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025

The most brash of peoples was seized by despair, fatalism, and fear.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand