fatalism
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The idea that “there will be no victor or vanquished” is not poetic fatalism, it is empirical reality.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
A constitutionally cyclical outlook encouraged adaptability and sustainability rather than fatalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The fatalism, the quarter of a century of not contending, the grinding down of expectation.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
It’s a luxury, a quantum leap, one that can save your imagination from a propensity to meek fatalism or received social patterns.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025
The tone of that entry seems lofty, high-minded, but in it I detect a whiff of fatalism.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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